The 50 famous sayings in Zizhi Tongjian are as follows:

1. The key to defeating the enemy lies in the general's ability to point the enemy to the enemy; the key to controlling the general lies in the ability to control the enemy. .

2. It’s easy to make friends with someone rich, and it’s easy to get a wife if you’re rich.

3. There are few people and many officials, and nine out of ten sheep are herded.

4. If the car in front is overturned, the car behind you will be warned.

5. Virtue is what people are strict with, but talent is what people love; those who love are easy to get close to, and those who are strict are easy to alienate. Therefore, those who observe more will cover up talents and leave behind virtue.

6. It is clear that the master uses people. Those who are capable dare not spare their efforts, and those who are unable are not allowed to do their job.

7. Everyone does it. If you keep doing it, you will become a gentleman; if you keep doing it, if your habits and body are established, it will be natural.

8. Rewarding traitors is not righteous; killing and surrendering is not trustworthy.

9. Beautiful women are like clouds, and gold and silk are like mountains.

10. Without faith, you cannot win over the people, and without the people, you cannot protect the country.

11. When you are outside, your orders will not be accepted.

12. Those who work hard are difficult to succeed but easy to fail; those who are in time are rare and easy to lose; those who are in time will never come again!

13. Being humble does not seek respect, and is sparse. Not seeking relatives.

14. It is difficult to correct mistakes when you know your faults; it is difficult to criticize good deeds, but it is difficult to do good deeds.

15. The law is the public weapon of the world, but only those who uphold the law well, who are close and distant, can do everything, then no one will dare to rely on it and violate it.

16. If you want to know a person, watch his friends.

17. If you take the method from above, you can only get it from the middle; if you take the method from the middle, you will inevitably get it from the bottom.

18. Read and listen, seek and be humble.

19. Only those who are virtuous and virtuous can convince others.

20. There is no better way to save the cold than to wear a heavy coat, and there is no better way to stop slander than self-cultivation.

21. When a gentleman coerces a talent, he thinks it is good; when a villain coerces him, he thinks it is evil. Those who use talents to think good will always be good; those who use talents to think evil will always be evil.

22. The widow is unfortunate enough to suffer from all kinds of worries, and his thoughts and feelings are still there.

23. The art of raising troops is to be more precise than too many.

24. Sheep is like tiger skin. He is happy when he sees grass and fights when he sees jackals.

25. The well is so deep that there is only fifteen feet of residue but no water. The officials are thirsty and tired, so they squeeze the horse dung juice and drink it.

26. If you sit down and talk, your reasoning will be high, but if you practice it, your work will be poor.

27. If you take it in moderation and use it in moderation, you will always have enough.

28. The fallen master and the loss of land are just a man in the country. If the country is still waiting for the dawn of the night, the effect of the twilight of the year, he is not a minister of the twilight of the year. He abandons his hometown and country as if he has taken off his clothes, and betrays his king and relatives. If you take off your clothes, how could you know that you long for saintly virtues and become a pure minister of China?

29. The millet in Taicang is related to each other.

30. It’s hard to criticize people who say good things, but it’s hard to do good things.

31. The King of Wu was a good swordsman, and many people suffered scars; the King of Chu was a thin waist, and many died of starvation in the palace.

32. Agriculture is the foundation of the world.

33. Having gained Long, look back to Shu.

34. Under a heavy reward, there will be brave men and scoundrels watching.

35. It is easy to break when alone, but difficult to destroy when in groups.

36. Speaking is not as good as seeing it, and hearing is not as good as seeing it.

37. Those who are smart and popular should be careful about being too careful; those who are ignorant and rare should be careful about being blocked.

38. The bamboo of Yunmeng is the strength of the world, but if it is not polished or rounded, it cannot be used to make it strong; the gold of Tangxi is the strength of the world, but it is not melted or sharpened. , then it cannot be strong with strikes. Therefore, we call him a saint if he has all his talents and virtues, he is a fool if he has both talents and virtues, he is a gentleman if his virtues are perfect, and he is a villain if his talents and virtues are perfect.

39. Success is difficult not only for merit.

40. Thick coins and sweet words are what the ancients feared.

41. The cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook it; the birds are gone and the good bow is hidden; the enemy's country is destroyed and the advisers perish.

42. Hearing both will lead to enlightenment, believing only half will lead to darkness.

43. Doing good is like ascending, doing evil is like falling.

44. The King of Wu was a good swordsman, and many people suffered scars; the King of Chu was a thin waist, and many died of starvation in the palace.

45. There is no better way to save the cold than to wear a heavy coat, and there is no better way to stop slander than self-cultivation.

46. If you don’t love someone in the right way, you will harm them if you love them.

47. A gentleman can be diligent about small things, so there will be no big trouble.

48. If you are not stupid or deaf, you will not be a writer.

49. Everyone does it. If you keep doing it, you will become a gentleman

50. A poor family misses a good wife, and a country in chaos misses a good prime minister.