Only a benevolent person can love others and hate others. ——The Western Han Dynasty etiquette scholar Dade "Book of Rites·University"

The benevolent man loves all things, but the wise man prepares for trouble before it is discovered. If he is not benevolent and unwise, how can he have a country? ——Sima Qian, historian, thinker, and writer of the Western Han Dynasty, "Historical Records"

Chang Si sacrificed himself for the country's needs regardless of his own safety. ——Historian, thinker, and writer Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty

Mountain Tai does not give up soil, so it can become big; rivers and seas do not give up small streams, so it can be deep. ——Historian, thinker, and writer of the Western Han Dynasty Sima Qian

Those who seek to reach the lower level will never make mistakes, and those who raise others will never succeed. ——Huan Kuan, a litterateur of the Han Dynasty, "On Salt and Iron: Commentary on Thorns"

Although talented people are highly talented, they cannot become saints without knowledge. ——Liu Xiang, Western Han Dynasty classics scholar and litterateur