Guanzhi of Ancient Chinese Literature is an enlightening book compiled by the ancients, including masterpieces by famous artists such as Tao Yuanming, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, etc., and classic works in Zuo Zhuan, Historical Records and Warring States Policy are also included in it. The following are excerpts from several classic famous sentences:
1. Don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself. If you live high in the temple, you worry about your people, and if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you worry about your king.
Source "The Story of Yueyang Tower" (Author: Fan Zhongyan)
People with high moral character are not happy or sad because of the quality of foreign things and their own gains and losses. Being an official in the imperial court worries about the people; Not being an official in the imperial court, but being in the middle of the remote rivers and lakes, I am worried about the monarch.
2. Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later.
Source "The Story of Yueyang Tower" (Author: Fan Zhongyan)
People with high moral character are not happy or sad because of the quality of foreign things and their own gains and losses. Being an official in the imperial court worries about the people; Not being an official in the imperial court, but being in the middle of the remote rivers and lakes, I am worried about the monarch.
3. When you are old and strong, you would rather move your head? If you are poor, you will be strong, and you will not fall into the blue sky.
Source "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" (Author: Wang Bo)
Although you are old, you should be more ambitious. How can you change your mood when you are old? Although the situation is difficult, we should be more determined, and we must never abandon our lofty aspirations.
4. Therefore, a disciple need not be inferior to a teacher, and a teacher need not be superior to a disciple. There is a sequence of knowledge, and there is a specialization in the art, that's all.
The source of Shi Shuo (Author: Han Yu)
The general idea is that students are not necessarily inferior to teachers, and teachers are not necessarily more talented than students. They have heard the truth sooner or later, and their knowledge and skills are different, and that's all.
5, the industry is good at diligence, and it is barren in fun; What is done is thought, but it is destroyed.
Source "The Interpretation of Learning" (Author: Han Yu)
Careless studies are specialized due to diligence and abandoned due to play; Doing things has achieved something because of independent thinking, and it has been corrupted because of having no opinion and following the customs.
6. It takes courage to fight. High-spirited, then decline, three exhausted. I am exhausted and I am surplus, so I will overcome it.
Source "Cao Gui Debate" (Author: Zuo Qiuming)
The general idea is that fighting depends on courage. The first drum beating can cheer up the soldiers' courage, the second drum beating will weaken their courage, and the third drum beating will be exhausted. The enemy's courage was exhausted and our courage was vigorous, so we defeated the Qi army.