1. When Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. ——"Mencius Gaozi Chapter 2" in the Warring States Period

Translation: Therefore, when God is going to entrust this person with a major historical task, he must first test his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve him. The physical skin of his body is deprived and exhausted, and his actions are always disrupted by interference, which shakes his mind and makes his temperament tougher and increases the abilities he originally did not possess.

2. The victorious and defeated soldiers have unexpected family affairs, and it is a man to bear shame. ——Tang Dynasty: Du Mu's "Ti Wujiang Pavilion"

Translation: Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, and it is difficult to predict in advance. A true man is the one who can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens.

3. Don’t say slanderous words are as deep as the waves, and don’t say that moving away is like the sinking sand. Although it is hard work to search for thousands of pounds, you will only get gold after blowing all the sand. ——Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi's "Lang Tao Sha·Eight"

Translation: Don't say that slander is as scary as the vicious waves, and don't say that the demoted people are like sand buried at the bottom of the water. . It has to go through thousands of filtrations and go through untold hardships before you can finally get rid of the silt and get the sparkling gold.

4. There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, so you can hang your sails and sail across the sea. ——From "Traveling is Difficult Part One" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: I believe that the time to ride the wind and waves will always come, and when the time comes, we must raise our sails and cross the sea!

5. Thousands of hammers were used to carve out the mountains, and the fire burned them as if nothing happened. ——Ming Dynasty: Yu Qian's "Song of Lime"

Translation: (Limestone) can only be mined from the mountains after tens of millions of hammerings. It treats the burning of raging fire as a very common thing.