The following are five famous sayings about civilization:

1. The journey of a husband and gentleman is to cultivate one’s morality through tranquility, and to cultivate 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. . ——Zhuge Liang

Source: Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments" of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Translation: A person with moral cultivation relies on inner peace to cultivate his body and mind, and cultivates his noble character through frugality and saving money. If you are not calm and have few desires, you will not be able to clarify your ambitions, and if you do not eliminate external interference, you will not be able to achieve lofty goals.

2. If people are rude, they will not stand up, things will not be successful if they are rude, and the country will not be peaceful if it is rude. ——Xunzi

Source: "Xunzi: Self-cultivation" at the end of the Warring States Period, organized and compiled by later generations.

Translation: If you are not polite in life, you will not be able to survive; if you are not polite in doing things, there will be no achievements; if the country is not polite, there will be no peace.

3. I firmly believe that only moral citizens can pay an acceptable salute to their motherland. ——Rousseau (France)

4. The way is based on virtue, and the harmony is based on etiquette. ——The Analects of Confucius

Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng", "The Analects of Confucius" was organized and compiled by later generations.

Translation: Guide the people with morality and assimilate them with etiquette.

5. People should be wise in wisdom, morally innocent, and physically clean.

——Chekhov (Russia)

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