1. If you are poor and have no choice, you can only seek frugality; if you are humble, you can just be diligent.

Translation: To change the face of poverty, there are nothing more than two points: one is to increase revenue, and the other is to reduce expenditure. If you are so poor that you have no choice but to start with frugality, you can change your current situation. People who are naturally clumsy need not be discouraged. As long as they work hard, they can still achieve their goals.

2. Loyalty has foolish loyalty, and filial piety has foolish filial piety. It can be seen that the two words of loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved by pity for Li people; benevolence can have false benevolence, and righteousness can have false righteousness. It can be seen that there are two paths of benevolence and righteousness, and they are not without treachery. The evildoer hides in it.

Translation: There is a kind of loyalty that is regarded as a foolish act by others, which is "foolish loyalty", and there is also a kind of filial piety that is regarded as a foolish act by others, that is "foolish filial piety". From this we can see that "loyalty", " The word "filial piety" cannot be done by people who are too smart. Similarly, there are also hypocritical "fake benevolence" and "false righteousness" in the behavior of benevolence and righteousness. From this, we can know that among what ordinary people call benevolent and righteous people, there are not necessarily treacherous and cunning people.

3. Teach children to be strict, as strictness is enough to calm impatience; treat villains with respect, as respect can turn away evil spirits.

Translation: When educating children, they should be treated harshly, as a harsh attitude can calm the impetuous spirit in their hearts; when treating villains, they should be treated with respect, and a respectful attitude can influence the evil spirits in their hearts, even if Even if you can't influence them, you can still protect yourself from being harmed by them.

4. Those who are good at making a living should work diligently to cultivate a lasting career without enriching their family; those who are good at doing things should review and approve the regulations without necessarily benefiting themselves.

Translation: People who are good at making a living will teach their descendants how to make a living and will not leave too much property to their descendants. People who are good at dealing with things will make decisions based on the objective attitude of things, not necessarily for their own selfish interests.

5. If a wise man has a lot of wealth, it will harm his ambition; if a fool has a lot of wealth, it will benefit his fault.

Translation: If a wise person’s elders leave too much property to him, his ambition will be damaged and he will become unwilling to make progress; if a stupid person’s elders leave too much property to him, his ambition will be damaged. Making him more unscrupulous made his mistakes deeper and more serious.

6. A person with low moral character can always be judged by the word "profit" and cannot be ignored; a person who does not make progress in studies can always be judged by the word "lazy".

Translation: If a person’s character cannot be improved, it is always because he cannot see through his own selfish desires; if he does not make progress in learning, it is always because he cannot pass the level of laziness.

7. The heart can argue the right and wrong, and can make decisions in dealing with things; people do not forget their integrity and do not be humble in their conduct.

Translation: If you can distinguish right from wrong with your heart, you can handle things quickly and decisively; if you don't forget etiquette, justice and integrity, you will be a righteous person and will not join the ranks of despicable people.

8. Those who can write articles in ancient times can really cultivate all things. Even if they take the words of the ancients and put them into calligraphy, they are like a magic pill that turns iron into gold.

Translation: People who can write articles are good at quoting famous quotes. Although they are only a few words, they play a finishing touch and make the article read more beautiful and moving.

9. Those with perverse temperaments are often the sons of an untimely child; those with harsh words are ultimately unlucky.

Translation: People with weird personalities and bad tempers are often in a state of uneasiness all day long because they are narrow-minded and intolerant of others, thus ending up with a short life; people with harsh and harsh words are less likely to keep words. Virtue makes everyone stay away from him, he cannot get help from others, and his own blessings are shallow.

10. The ambition must not be too high. If the ambition is not high, then you will be in trouble and will not be able to make a difference; the ambition must not be too big. If the ambition is too big, you will abandon the near and seek the far, and it will be difficult to achieve success.

Translation: The ambition must be high. If the ambition is not high, it will be easy to be influenced by the world and make oneself and others fall into the same trap. In the end, it will be difficult to make a difference. Don't be too big-hearted. If you are too big-hearted, you will easily become too ambitious and have too little ambition. If you are unwilling to start from small things, it will be difficult to achieve great things in the end.