Famous Chinese classics:
1. If you don’t accumulate small steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t reach a river.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form a river. sea.
2. Learning is impossible.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.
3. Be knowledgeable and easy to ask, and then you can be talented.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: Smart people must study hard and ask questions to become talented.
4. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned.
——"Preface to Poems"
Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear other people's criticisms, you should carefully reflect on yourself. If you make mistakes, correct them. If they are not wrong, take them as advice given to you by others.
5. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for action.
——"Confucius' Family Sayings"
Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may not sound pleasant to the ears but are good for people's behavior.
6. The bustling world is all for benefit; the bustling world is all for benefit.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: People in the world are bustling, all coming and going for benefit (running around for benefit).
7. If you are looking for fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and build a net.
——"Han Shu"
Translation: Standing by a deep pool, hoping to catch the fish inside, it is better to go home and build a net.
8. Strike first and control others later.
——"Han Shu"
Translation: If you attack first, you can subdue the enemy, but if you fight later, you will only be controlled.
9. Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
——Han Sima Qian
Translation: People are bound to die after all, but the value of death is different. Dying for the people's just cause is more important than Mount Tai, and those who are selfish , The death of a person who benefits himself at the expense of others is lighter than a feather.
10. When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: When a bird is about to die, its cry is sad; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.
11. A wise man will lose something after a thousand worries; a fool will gain something after a thousand worries.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: No matter how smart a person is, he will definitely make individual mistakes in many times of consideration. And no matter how stupid a person is, he will definitely gain something after thinking about it many times.