1. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.

2. Work hard and die.

3. Aim high.

4. The journey of a husband and gentleman 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.

5. Generals must not be arrogant. Being arrogant will lead to discourtesy. Being discourteous will cause others to leave. If people leave, everyone will rebel.

6. A good general must have knowledgeable and wise people as his confidants, Shen Shen and careful people as his eyes and ears, and brave and good enemies as his minions.

7. Those who are not scholars, even if they exist, are said to be walking corpses.

8. Only when you are not arrogant can you be arrogant, not by favoring others.

9. We should not underestimate ourselves if we have a great spirit of lofty ideals.

10. Those who are far-sighted are safe, and those who are careless are in danger.

11. Be noble but not arrogant, win without being disobedient, be virtuous but capable of subordinates, be strong but be patient.

12. If you want to think about the benefits, you must think about the harm. If you want to think about the success, you must think about the failure.

13. Prevent treachery and use politics, eliminate extravagance and use frugality.

14. If you are lazy, you have to be smart; if you are impatient, you cannot be rational.

15. If the punishment is known to be imposed, the evil will know what it is afraid of.

16. It is difficult to keep a snobbish acquaintance for a long time.

17. Big things start from difficulty, small things start from easy.

18. Gou lives his life in troubled times, and does not seek to learn and reach the princes.

19. Ask people about right and wrong and observe their ambitions; ask people who are poor to argue and observe their changes; ask them about strategies and observe their knowledge; tell them about disasters and observe their courage; get drunk with wine. And observe its nature, observe its integrity when approaching it for benefit, observe its nature when doing things.

20. If there are difficulties, go ahead with yourself; if you have achievements, go behind them.

21. The governance of a saint is to make his residence peaceful and enjoy his career.

22. You should not be happy about things that have nothing to do, and you should not be angry about things that have nothing to do with you.

23. Don’t be humble because of your noble body, don’t go against others because of your unique views, don’t break your trust because of your functions.

24. Take Western Shu, determine the southern barbarians, and reject the east and north. In the central army tent, the golden, wood, earth, and divine hexagrams are transformed, and the water surface can be attacked with fire.

25. Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.