1. Husband and wife do not have the kindness of flesh and blood. If you love, you will be close; if you don't love, you will be distant. ——Han Fei "Han Feizi"

2. A gentleman does not hide the beauty of others, and does not speak of evil in others. ——Han Fei's "Seven Skills on Nei Chu Shuo"

3. If you think carefully, you will get the truth... and if you get the truth, you will succeed. ——Han Fei

4. Flashy, empty and useless. ——"Han Feizi·Nanyan"

5. A thousand-foot embankment collapses with ant holes; a hundred-foot room burns with smoke from the gaps. ——"Han Feizi"

6. Don't care about the flowers blooming or falling in spring, don't talk to others about anything that matters to you; fish know when the water is warm or cold, and they will appreciate it alone when they understand. ——"The Secret of Small Window"

7. Hidden skill in clumsiness, use obscurity to make it clear, combine clarity with turbidity, use bending to stretch. ——"The Secret of the Small Window"

8. I have no intention of leaving or leaving, just watching the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; ——"The Notes of Youchuang"

9. Quietness cultivates one's character, and frugality cultivates one's virtue. ——Zhuge Liang

10. Be noble but not arrogant, win without being disobedient, be virtuous but be able to subordinate, be strong but be patient. ——Zhuge Liang

11. Indifference helps to clarify one’s ambitions, and achieve tranquility and long-term goals. ——Zhuge Liang

12. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others. ——"Mencius"

13. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. ——"Mencius"

14. Don't rely on elders, don't rely on nobles, don't rely on brothers but be friends. ——"Mencius"

When making friends, do not rely on your age, your high status, or the wealth of your brothers.

15. To nourish the heart, don’t be good at having few desires. ——"Mencius"

Translation The best way to cultivate your mind is to reduce material desires.

16. The wise are in office and the capable are in office. ——"Mencius"

17. Therefore, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't reach a river or sea. ——"Xunzi"

18. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——"Encouragement to Learning"

19. Those who know themselves do not blame others, and those who know their fate do not blame God; those who blame others are poor, and those who blame God have no ambition. ——"Bugou"

20. If you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how deep the earth is; if you don’t listen to the last words of the ancestors, you don’t know how great knowledge is. - "Encouragement to Learning"

21 , I think about it all day long, it is not as good as what I learned in a moment.

Selected from "Xunzi/Encouraging Learning". Taste: Taste the Sutra. Si: thinking. Xuyu: a while, a moment. Translation: I used to meditate all day long, but it was not as rewarding as studying for a while. Xunzi paid great attention to learning efficiency. He advised us to be good at learning and master learning methods.

22. The best good is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting. It is disliked by everyone, so it is close to the Tao. ——Chapter 8 of Laozi's "Tao Te Ching"

23. Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty, but this is evil. Everyone knows that good is good, but this is not good.

——Chapter 2 of Laozi's "Tao Te Ching"