1. Quietness leads to self-cultivation, frugality leads to virtue; diligence leads to lack of resources, and agility leads to meritorious service.
2. If you want to judge others, you should first judge yourself; if you want to know others, you should first know yourself.
3. When facing adverse circumstances, you must use the expansion method; when facing favorable circumstances, you must use the convergence method.
4. Diligence is connected with honesty, luxury is connected with corruption.
5. A correct party style will make people's aspirations, a correct political style will lead to smooth flow, a correct folk style will lead to prosperity, and a correct family style will make everything prosperous.
6. Modesty has a good reputation, but those who are too modest should guard against fraud.
7. True generosity is to let go of worries, worries, distinctions, and attachments.
8. The foundation must be a white jade, and the study should not stop at the green mountains.
9. The way of a university lies in being virtuous, being close to the people, and striving for perfection.
10. If you must be tolerant, virtue will be great; if you must be patient, things will be easy for you.
11. The most evil thing in life is to talk about others' faults; the most stupid thing in life is to listen to one's own faults.
12. Those who are kind-hearted will live longer. Those who are engraved in their hearts will live longer.
13. Since ancient times, no one has ever died, but his heart is still there to illuminate the youth.
14. Those who don’t know enough are eager to learn, and those who are ashamed to ask are complacent.
15. Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the kindness of feeding back.
16. Sacrificing one’s life in a national disaster, treating one’s death as if one were returning home.
17. Piety is not an end, but a means. It is the means to achieve the highest cultivation through the purest tranquility of the soul.
18. If you want to be a successful leader, you must learn to lead yourself.
19. Seeing good is like falling short, seeing bad is like exploring the soup.
20. Those who plant trees must cultivate their roots, and those who plant virtues must cultivate their hearts.
21. The original intention of reading is Yuanyuan.
22. Arrogance is a person. If you meet someone who defeats me, you will flatter me; if you meet someone who doesn't know me, you will be arrogant.
23. Do not destroy the reputation of others to achieve your own good; do not set up the rules of the world to protect your own faults.
24. Although you cannot let go of your desires, you should be restrained in your pursuits.
25. A gentleman follows the road and gives up halfway. I can't do it.
26. The sergeant forgets his name, the sergeant makes his name, and the corporal steals his name.
27. A person’s mind will be narrow if he has many desires, and wide if he has few desires.
28. Things that are beneficial to the country cannot be avoided even if they are dead.
29. If a person does not learn, he is still standing in front of the wall.
30. Learning without converting is not learning.
31. Everyone is destined to die. Death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
32. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river.
33. A gentleman keeps his weapons hidden and waits for the time to come.
34. Success is difficult to achieve but easy to fail; success is hard to achieve but easy to lose; if it is impossible to obtain it, you will be blamed for it; if you fail to do it at the right time, it will be the disaster.
35. Big men oppose false reputations and encourage themselves to pursue noble conduct.
36. If the purpose of improving appreciation cannot be achieved through cultivation, the word cultivation will be meaningless.
37. Isn’t it a gentleman if a person doesn’t know something but doesn’t feel embarrassed?
38. If you always look at those who are worse than me in terms of quality, your shame will increase; if you often look at those who are not as good as me in enjoyment, you will feel resentment and self-sacrifice.
39. If you are impetuous, you will be criticized everywhere; if you follow the two words, you will never be a hero.
40. Do not compromise justice when doing things above, and do not seek personal gain when doing things below.
41. Meditate and be detached, keep a little peace; be less selfish and have few desires, and keep a safe life.
42. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and misfortunes are caused by oneself.
43. The strong will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others.
44. I feel sorry for my parents, who worked so hard to give birth to me.
45. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad.
46. Gong begets enlightenment, sincerity begets enlightenment, and calmness begets enlightenment.
47. There are four words that are most important in studying, which are asking questions; there are four words that are most important in being a human being, which are pragmatism and perseverance.
48. Avoid excessive Qi; avoid fullness of heart; avoid exposing talents.
49. A person’s “dark mirror” depends on his “integrity”.
50. A sage does not ignore subtleties, nor insults widowers or widowers; extravagant words are untested and need not be used, and remarks should be made without violating principles.
51. Those who are honest do not speak of integrity, and those who are honest come from the Qing Dynasty. Two sleeves with clear wind and ambition, integrity will last forever.
52. A kind word warms you for three winters, but a bad word hurts you for six months.
53. Choose good people to make friends with, choose good books to read, choose good words to listen to, and choose good deeds to follow.
54. Anger should melt away the strength, but you should be careful when passing.
55. The most important thing is to see things with reason, and the most important thing to do is to be kind-hearted.
56. With virtue, you will succeed in anything you do.
57. When the book is used, it will be forgotten.
58. Don’t do any evil, and do all the good. Don’t do good deeds because they are small, and don’t do evil because they are small.
59. Everyone knows that turning words into actions is much more difficult than turning actions into words.
60. Don’t be jealous of others. If you are jealous of others, you will end up short. Don't protect yourself from shortcomings. If you protect yourself from shortcomings, you will not grow up in the end.
61. Wealth and glory are all available, but benevolence, righteousness and integrity can last forever.
62. If you have a narrow mind, you will have many troubles. If you have a broad mind, you will have abundant wisdom.
63. People must not know themselves first. If they are not on the outline, they must be meticulous.
64. Bones should be strong, Qi should be soft, aspirations should be big, courage should be small, heart should be empty, words should be truthful, wisdom should be increased, blessings should be cherished, worries should not be far away, and worries should be close.
65. The most important thing in being a human being is quality, and the most important thing in being an official is integrity.
66. If you are virtuous, you can do anything without disadvantages and achieve anything.
67. If you go and follow the way, you can be called a gentleman.
68. This is the difference between thick and thin intention, so the character is different accordingly.
69. When virtue exceeds talent, we call him a gentleman; when talent exceeds virtue, we call him a villain.
70. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement.
71. Corruption is criticized by thousands of people for a time, but integrity is passed down forever.
72. Integrity is like protecting your reputation, firmly established in your heart.
73. To judge beauty, one must have a cultivated mind.
74. Don’t blame God or blame others.
75. An Neng can do everything he wants, and he must be worthy of my heart.
76. To know is to know, and to not know is to know.
77. When I am old, I am as old as a person, and as a young person, I am as young as a person.
78. After knowing to stop, you will have concentration, after concentration you will be able to be still, from being still, you will be at peace, at peace you will be able to think, and after you are worried, you will be able to gain.
79. A great scholar is not just a building, but a master.
80. The prime years will never come again, and the morning will never come again.
81. People who are only beautiful but lack cultivation are not worthy of praise.
82. Integrity is like climbing a mountain, the higher you go, the more refreshed you feel; greed is like digging a well, the deeper you go down, the deeper you sink.
83. The essence of self-cultivation is like human character, which ultimately comes down to the issue of moral sentiment.
84. Everything has its beginning and end, and everything has its end. If you know the order of things, you will be able to take the shortcut.
85. Learning is impossible.
86. Integrity is like a glass of water. As long as you drop a drop of ink into it, you will no longer be honest.
87. If moral character exceeds talent, he can be called a gentleman; if talent is high but moral character is low, he can be called villain.
88. Habit is human’s second nature. It prevents us from recognizing a person's primary nature, and in this regard, habits are neither cruel nor charming.
89. It is shameful to obtain money and power without good virtue.
90. Xiaolai wants to serve the country, not to be a prince.
91. Be meticulous and diligent in government affairs, and enjoy serving the people throughout your life.
92. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.
93. I will examine myself three times every day.
94. Your hands will not get dirty if you don’t touch the bottom of the pot, and your hands won’t get tired if you don’t hold the oil bottle.
95. The mind should be bitter, the interest should be happy, the bearing should be grand, and the words and actions should be cautious.
96. Being honest means being fearless, being impartial means being selfless.
97. When quality is better than literature, the country will be wild; when literature is better than quality, history will be achieved. Be polite, then be a gentleman.
98. Precious, poor, and lowly things are always difficult to satisfy. Contentment is satisfaction. Landscapes, flowers and bamboos have no permanent master, and leisure is the master.
99. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no me.
100. Words and deeds are the foundation of one’s conduct.
101. A gentleman’s journey is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility, and to cultivate one’s virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not be far-reaching.
102. People who have a humble, cheerful, sincere attitude, and at the same time a spirit of patience are very lucky.
103. Anti-corruption is not about big or small matters, and advocating for integrity is not a high priority.
104. You don’t have to be like the common people, nor should you be different from the common people. You don’t have to do things to please people, and you don’t have to do things to make people hate you.
105. Don’t be greedy, and don’t be greedy. If you want people not to know. Unless you do nothing.
106. When you have an official, you will be poorer than when you have no official.
107. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.
108. Tao is born from tranquility, virtue is born from humility, happiness is born from frugality, and life is born from harmony.
109. When you gain one thing, you also lose another thing.
110. As long as a person has the patience to cultivate his culture, he will never be so arrogant that he cannot be taught.
111. Use emptiness to nourish the heart, nourish the body with virtue, nourish all things in the world with benevolence, and nourish the world with Tao for all generations.
112. Do your duty and do not give in to the teacher.
113. Even the villain’s faults must be punished.
114. He who does not express his anger seeks others; he who does not make mistakes will stop doing bad things when he sees them.