1. Nothing can be understood until it is effective, and nothing can be said without evidence.

2. A gentleman is not afraid of tigers, only the slanderous words of his husband.

3. Living in pleasure but not indulging in desires, living in poverty but never tired of ambition.

4. The Confucian scholars of the world like to believe in their teachers but in the ancient times. They think that everything the sages say is correct. They specialize in teaching and do not know how to ask difficult questions. Fu Xian Sheng writes and writes, and his intentions are carefully examined, but they are not yet full and wide; how can he speak hastily and hurriedly?

5. If you don’t see with your eyes and ask with your mouth, you can’t know everything. If you don’t learn and know yourself, if you don’t ask and know yourself, then you can act like this in ancient and modern times.

6. If a person has knowledge, he will be powerful.

7. Not having knowledge in your mind is like having no money in your hands.