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A collection of famous sayings from various schools of thought with explanations

1. The supreme good is like water. Water is good for all things and benefits all things without fighting. It is disliked by everyone, so it is almost in line with the Tao. ——Lao Tzu

2. A husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him. ——Laozi

3. Man follows the earth, earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and Tao follows nature. ——Laozi

4. Fish cannot be escaped from the abyss, and the sharp weapons of the country cannot be shown to others. ——Lao Tzu

5. Generous without corners, late bloomer of great talent, great sound and sound, but invisible elephant. The road is nameless. ——Laozi

6. A perfect person has no self, a god has no merit, and a saint has no name. ——Zhuangzi

7. Heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me. ——Zhuangzi

8. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. ——Zhuangzi

9. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. ——Mencius

10. If you are poor, you can help yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. ——Mencius

11. Wealth and honor cannot be lascivious, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot bend. ——Mencius

12. I know my words, and I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit. ——Mencius

13. The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. ——Mencius

14. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so he is tempted. Patience has been beneficial to those who cannot do it. ——Mencius

15. Life is also what I want: righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. ——Mencius

16. When three people are walking together, there must be one who is my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——Confucius

17. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. ——Confucius

18. People with different paths should not conspire with each other. ——Confucius

19. A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. ——Confucius

20. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. ——Confucius

21. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will. ——Confucius

22. The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. ——Qu Yuan

23. I am still kind in my heart. Even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets. ——Qu Yuan

24. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. ——Xunzi

25. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to wet each other and soak each other with foam. ——Zhuangzi

26. Confucianism disrupts the law with literature, and chivalry violates prohibitions with force. ——Han Feizi

27. Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. ——Sun Wu

28. The Yan family has no bravery, but a loving mother has a failed son. ——Han Feizi

29. The reason why a benevolent person does something is to bring benefit to the world and eliminate harm to the world. ——Mozi

30. A villain seeks a life, a gentleman seeks a country, and a man seeks the world. ——Guiguzi