"When you see something good, you will move on, and if you make mistakes, you will correct them" means: when a gentleman sees a good character, he will follow it wholeheartedly and study hard, and if he makes a mistake, he will quickly correct it.

From: "Zhouyi·Yi" Xiang Zhuan

Original text: Feng Lei, Yi. A gentleman will move on when he sees something good, and correct when he sees something wrong.

Interpretation: Wind and thunder help each other and strengthen each other, forming a beneficial hexagram. Therefore, when a gentleman sees a good character, he will follow it wholeheartedly and study hard, and if he makes a mistake, he will quickly correct it.

The so-called follow what is good, that is, when you see something good, follow it and do it.

The detailed meaning of this sentence is to continuously move towards the direction of truth, goodness and beauty, which is of course the continuous improvement of personal quality; mistakes can be corrected immediately, which also means that personal quality can get rid of the danger of decline in time. Therefore, it is also an improvement of wisdom.

Extended information:

The meaning of Yi in ancient Chinese:

1. Understanding. Small seal character shape. Like water overflowing from a vessel.

2. The same as the original meaning. Benefit, Rao Ye.

3. It is extended to rising water.

4. Increase in certain aspects (such as volume, quantity, degree, etc.). Profit and loss is the beginning of rise and fall.

5. Assistance; subsidy.

6. Expand, enlarge.

The meaning of relocation in ancient Chinese:

1. Refers to the change of official position.

2. Change of location of office, residence, etc. : Relocation. Migration.

3. Change. Accommodate (change one's opinion and accommodate others).

4. , Demotion, exile: relegation (demotion to a distant place). Relocation (an official who is moved or demoted to another place)

5. In ancient times, it was called transfer of official position, generally referring to promotion.