Gong Zizhen’s famous sayings are as follows:

1. Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.

From "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai" by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty. The author uses "Luohong" (falling flowers) as a metaphor to express his ambition; he is willing to always pay attention to the people and care about the country like spring mud protecting flowers. This noble spirit of having the courage to devote oneself to the pursuit of beautiful things has always been praised by people.

2. One flute and one sword smoothed the business, and he was famous for fifteen years

From "Mangan" by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty. Carrying a flute and a sword and walking around the world with justice was originally my greatest wish in my life. Now fifteen years have passed, and I have completely failed to live up to my original fame. "Fifteen years of being famous" is often used to describe people who were famous in their early years but became unremarkable later on.

3. Kyushu relies on wind and thunder for its anger, and it is sad that thousands of horses are silent.

From "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai" by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty. Reading this poem is really a thunderous feeling. "Jiuzhou's vitality relies on wind and thunder" means: the whole country needs vigorous vitality, which depends on the strong wind and thunder to cheer up.

Fourth, it’s hard to find a person again but it’s better to start with. Words have a deep connection with flesh and blood.

From "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai" by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty. The poet believes that the reason why people "become good at the beginning" is because they are "hard to find again." This is not only true for people, but also for other things. Often when they first possess it, people don't appreciate it; once they lose it, they realize how beautiful and precious it is, but it's too late to regret it.