The top ten famous sayings of the Yan family motto are as follows:

1. I wake up at night and regret what I lost yesterday. ——"Yan's Family Instructions: Preface"

The main idea: If you make mistakes in the morning, you must wake up at night. If you did something wrong yesterday, you must repent today. The ancients said: I examine myself three times a day.

2. The godmother comes to teach the baby for the first time. ——"Yan's Family Instructions: Teaching Children"

The main idea: A new daughter-in-law should set rules when she first comes home, and the child's education should start from the time of infancy.

3. Being clever and hypocritical is not as good as being sincere. ——"Yan Family Instructions·Name and Reality"

The main idea: Clever hypocrisy is not as good as humble sincerity. Hypocrisy is hypocrisy, and no matter how you cover it up, you cannot change the fact of hypocrisy. In real life, hypocritical people are often unpopular with others, so it is better to be sincere.

4. If you don’t read all the books in the world, you can’t write about them rashly. ——"Yan's Family Instructions Encouraging Learning"

The main idea: If you haven't read all the books in the world, you can't revise other people's articles casually. Orpiment: A mineral used as a pigment or fading agent. It is wrong to judge whether an article is good or bad if we do not have any discerning and analytical abilities.

5. Living with good people is like entering a house of orchids, which will smell fragrant for a long time; living with evil people is like entering a house of abalones, which will smell bad for a long time. ——"Yan Family Instructions: Muxian Chapter"

The main idea: Living with kind people is like entering a room full of flowers. Over time, you will become full of fragrance. And when we live with evil people, it's like entering a shop that sells salted fish. As we stay together for a long time, we become full of stench. The kind of people we make friends with are the kind of people we become.

6. Since ancient times, Ming kings and holy emperors have still had to study hard, even if they are ordinary people! ——"Yan's Family Instructions Encouraging Learning"

The main idea: Since ancient times, virtuous kings and emperors still need to study diligently, let alone ordinary people! Every time I see this sentence, I always think of the sentence: People who are better than you are working hard, so what right do you have to be lazy!

7. The rise and fall of learning depends on the importance of the times. ——"Yan's Family Instructions Encouraging Learning"

The main idea: Whether the learning atmosphere is strong or not mainly depends on whether the society attaches great importance to the practicality of knowledge. Just like many people will ask, why do we learn English? Because it is the world's lingua franca, so many people learn it.

8. Time is a pity, just like passing water. ——"Yan Family Instructions Encouraging Learning Chapter"

The main idea: Time flies like an arrow, we should cherish it, it is like running water, it will never come back. The ancients said: I advise you to cherish your youth. In fact, I don’t need to say too much about this, I believe many people understand it.

9. It is better to stick to one thing than to do more for less; the five abilities of a mouse and a mouse cannot be used as tricks. ——"Yan's Family Instructions·Saving Trouble"

The main idea: If you do a lot but do less well, it is better to concentrate on doing one thing well; although the mole has five skills, none of them can become a skill.

10. Scholars are like planting trees. They play with their flowers in spring and enjoy the fruits in autumn. ——"Yan's Family Instructions Encouraging Learning"

Learning is like planting a tree. Watch its flowers in spring and see its fruitful fruits in autumn. Pregnancy is like pregnancy, we can only see it after a long time.