Make a first-class wish, make a middle-class marriage, and enjoy a second-class blessing;

choose a high place to stand, find a flat place to live, and walk to a wide place.

-this is a poem written by Zuo Zongtang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, on Meiyuan in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. It is just 24 words, and it condenses the philosophy of "extremely bright and moderate" of the ancient sages-broad-minded, committed to lofty, but docile and moderate. Conversely, only those who are as gentle as jade can achieve brilliant career.