1. A gentleman’s capacity is limited and his chest swallows hundreds of rivers. ——"Gift to Pei Shuduangong" by Meng Jiao of the Tang Dynasty

2. The origin is that magnanimous scholars are not invaded by popular customs. ——Tang Yanqian, Tang Dynasty, "Poems of Poor Scholars with Tao Yuanming"

Those open-minded people will never be affected or disturbed by the customs of the times.

3. Have a great ambition and embrace all rivers, travel all over the world and make friends with talents. ——"Chen Tuan Gao Lie" by Ma Zhiyuan of the Yuan Dynasty

4. The sky is the top, the ground is the bottom, and the person is the middle judge. If this is the case, there will be no escape from right and wrong. ——Qin Lu Buwei's "Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals of Ji and Dong Ji Preface"

5. Although people want to die by themselves, why should they harm the sun and the moon? It is often seen that it is unknown. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Zizhang"

Even if people want to cut themselves off from the sun and moon, what harm will it do to the sun and moon? It just shows that you are not overestimating your abilities. This sentence says from the side that a person should have tolerance and mind. Being depressed, complaining, or taking extreme actions are all signs of weakness.

6. Be broad-minded and don’t be limited in your knowledge. ——Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty's "Admonitions to the Righteous Family"

7. If I ask the mayflies, I would rather know that it is the Year of the Turtle and the Crane! ——Guo Pu of Jin Dynasty, "Poetry of Traveling Immortals".

Mayfly: A small insect with a very short lifespan. It is said that it "lives and dies". Turtle and crane: It is said that they both have a thousand years of life, which is used as a metaphor for longevity. I want to ask mayflies and other small insects, you are just a living being, how can you know the thousands of years of longevity of turtles and cranes and their happiness and meditation! The poem compares the short-lived mayfly with the long-lived turtle and crane, implying that a young person cannot know the mind and tolerance of a mature and prudent elder.

8. If the mind is open, the bells will be like a fou; if the mind is narrow, one hair will be like a wheel. ——Hong Yingming of the Ming Dynasty, "Cai Gen Tan"

9. Being generous and generous is close to benevolence, and not correcting one's neighbors when committing a crime is forgiving. ——Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han Zhuomao Biography".

A person with a gentle temperament and a broad mind is close to kindness, and a person who is able to ignore others' offenses is close to forgiveness.

10. A prosperous house, a prosperous body with virtue, a broad mind and a fat body, so a gentleman is sincere in his intentions. ——"University"

11. Since I am a great smelter, why should I worry about the inability to melt the stubborn gold and blunt iron? If I am like the huge sea and the Yangtze River, why should I worry about the cross-flowing filth that cannot be accommodated. ——Hong Yingming's "Cai Gen Tan"

12. The Yellow River falls from the sky and flows through the East China Sea, thousands of miles written in the mind.

——"Pei Shishi"