1. What makes a gentleman inferior to others is that he has a wise eye and knows people well.

2. Children are the ones who create the property, not the ones who inherit the inheritance.

3. There are roads in the mountain of books and hard work is the path, and hard work is the boat in the boundless ocean of learning.

4. There are thousands of people in a family, but only one person is in charge.

5. If you don’t teach your children early, they will be confused later.

6. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so don’t worry about them.

7. When the country is pure, talented people are more valuable, but when the family is rich, children are more delicate.

8. People leave their children and grandchildren with wealth, but I leave my children and grandchildren with innocence.

9. A gentleman only does human affairs, regardless of destiny, and destiny is in human affairs.

10. A skillful debater will often go against the Tao, while a clumsy debater will inevitably be alienated. It is better to be alienated from the world than to go against the Tao.

11. Those who are good at observing others observe themselves, and those who are good at observing themselves observe their hearts.

12. Be sincere without regrets, forgive without resentment, be harmonious without enmity, and endure without humiliation.

13. Honesty is the most touching thing.

14. If a woman is busy, a man will be silent; if a woman is not gentle, the family will not be prosperous.

15. Diligence and thrift are not temporary savings, but a lifetime of persistence and hard work.

16. If a person loses his honesty, he loses everything.

17. Students must be diligent in three aspects: diligent in hands, diligent in thinking, and diligent in reading.

18. To be self-reliant, a man must be stubborn.

19. If a scholar has shrewd women, good friends will not come; if the state has jealous ministers, no wise men will remain.

20. You must think quietly. Don’t forget to give favors, don’t forget to receive favors.

21. Don’t look down on others because of yourself, even if you are humble, you can do your best.

22. If the descendants of the clan, etc., do reckless things, and those who are famous teachers, they will not wait for the official to be called, and they will be rectified in the temple first.

23. Only with the Tao can one have virtue; without Tao, there can be no virtue; only with virtue can there be happiness; without virtue, there can be no happiness.

24. When studying, one aspires to be a sage; when serving as an official, one aspires to the kingdom.

25. If a child does not understand, the fruit will be sour. If the fruit is sour, work must be done on the roots of the tree.

26. Without a peaceful family, there will be no peaceful society.

27. Contentment brings happiness, greed leads to worry.

28. Life cannot bloom bright flowers from lies.

29. In a hard-working family, hunger never comes in.

30. Those who accumulate extensively will cause harm to their descendants; those who are too sensual will ruin their lives.