Born in sorrow, died in happiness---Mencius

Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve his body. His body is empty, his actions are chaotic, so his mind and forbearance have been beneficial to what he could not do.

Translation: Therefore, when God is going to entrust this person with a major historical task, he must first test his mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and exhaust his body. Everything he does is always disturbed by interference, which shakes his mind and makes his temperament stronger and increases his abilities that he originally did not possess.

If you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world.

Translation: When you are poor, cultivate your moral character; when you are successful, help people all over the world follow a good path.

I am old and I am old, and I am young, and I am young and young.

Translation: Respect one's parents, and extend this feeling to other people's parents; love one's own children, and extend this feeling to other people's children.

The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

Translation: Getting the right time is not as good as getting the convenience of the terrain, and getting the convenience of the terrain is not as good as getting a gentle heart. (If you want to win the world, you must first win the hearts of the people)

Those who are in the right way will get many help, but those who are wrong will have little help.

Translation: A person who gains morality will have more people to help him; a person who has lost morality will have fewer people to help him.

The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

Translation: The people are the most important, the country and the country are secondary to the people, and the monarch should be the last.

Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot bend. This is called a true man. .

Translation: Wealth cannot make me indulge in pleasure, poverty and lowliness cannot make me change my ambitions, and power cannot make me grovel. Only such a person can be called a man.

It is better to have no books at all than to believe in them all.

Translation: If you completely believe in "The Book" (referring to "The Book of Documents"), it would be better not to have the "Book".

Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.