1. Worrying about the country and forgetting about home, sacrificing one’s life to help those in need is the ambition of a loyal minister. ——Cao Zhi of the Han and Wei dynasties

Vernacular: Only seeking to revitalize the country without caring about personal gains and losses and safety, sacrificing personal life to save the country from danger, this is the ambition of a loyal minister.

2. If you want to be prosperous and strong in order to wipe out the national humiliation, don’t focus on storing talents. ——Tan Sitong of the Qing Dynasty

Vernacular: If you want to use wealth and strength to wash away the country's shame, the most important thing is to reserve talents.

3. The shamelessness of scholar-bureaucrats is a national disgrace. ——Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty

4. When the world rises and falls, it is the duty of every man to rather be a vagabond than a slave to the subjugation of his country. ——Modern Feng Zikai

5. The national humiliation has not yet been wiped out, how can one become famous? ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

Vernacular: The country’s shame has not been washed away, how can one become famous? ?

6. As long as a person loves his motherland and has a patriotic heart, he can solve any problem. I can bear any pain and injustice. ——Modern Bing Xin

7. Everyone learns and uses his knowledge to make the country prosperous and strong, not subject to foreign aggression, and able to stand on its own on the earth. ——Modern Zhan Tianyou

8. Chang Si sacrificed himself for the country regardless of his own safety. ——Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty

Vernacular: I often want to sacrifice myself for the national needs regardless of my own life.

9. I hope that every time I recall it, I won’t feel guilty about my life. ——Modern Guo Xiaochuan

10. History cannot be deceived for a long time, just like the people cannot be deceived for a long time. ——Modern Huagang