1. A husband and a gentleman should practice quietness to cultivate their moral integrity and frugality to cultivate their virtues. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition; without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal.
——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments"
2. To learn, you must be quiet, and only then must you learn. Without learning, you cannot expand your talents, and without ambition, you cannot succeed in learning.
——Zhuge Liang's "The Book of Commandments"
3. The husband's aspirations should be lofty and lofty, he should admire the sages, abandon his passion and desire, and abandon his stagnation, so that the ambitions of the common people can be revealed and kept with compassion. Feel something; tolerate bending and stretching, get rid of the small and broken parts, consult extensively, and get rid of jealousy and stinginess. Although there is some water retention, it will not harm the beauty, and why it will be ineffective.
——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Admonitions to Nephews"
4. If your ambition is not strong and your mind is not generous, you will be mediocre and stagnant in the world, silently bound by emotion, and you will always be mediocre. , not exempt from being obscene!
——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Admonitions to Nephews"
5. Those who are far-sighted will be safe, and those who are careless will be in danger.
——Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen Cheap Strategies"
6. The top is in vain and the bottom is reversed.
——Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen Cheap Strategies"
7. If you want to think about the benefits, you must think about the harms; if you want to think about the successes, you must think about the failures.
——Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen Cheap Strategies"
8. Only encouraging agriculture does not take away the farming time; only thinning the wealth and reducing people's wealth.
——Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen Cheap Strategies"
9. The sage follows heaven, the sage follows the earth, and the wise follows the ancients. Arrogant people bring ruin, arrogant people bring disaster, talkative people have little faith, self-reliant people show little kindness, reward those who have done nothing, leave those who have done nothing, punish those who have done nothing, resent them, and those who are happy and angry will be destroyed.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
10. A good general in ancient times raised others as if he were raising his own children. If there were difficulties, he would take the lead. If you have done meritorious deeds, give them to those behind you. If you are injured, treat them with care and care. If you are dead, mourn them and bury them. If you are hungry, eat them at the expense of food. If you are cold, undress and clothe them. If you are wise, treat them with courtesy and pay them. If you are brave, reward them. And persuade it. If you are able to do this, you will be successful wherever you go.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
11. It is difficult to detect the nature of a person. There are different kinds of beauty and evil, with different emotions and appearances. There are those who are gentle but deceitful, those who are respectful on the outside but deceive on the inside, those who are brave on the outside but timid on the inside, and those who try their best but are unfaithful.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
12. Soldiers are dangerous weapons, and generals are dangerous to their tasks. Therefore, if the weapons are strong, they will be lacking, and if the tasks are heavy, they will be in danger. Therefore, a good general does not rely on strength, does not care about power, favors someone without being happy, humiliates someone without fear, sees profit without being greedy, sees beauty without being lustful, and sacrifices oneself for the country.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
13. The general will have five virtues and four desires. The five good persons are those who are good at knowing the enemy's situation, good at knowing the way forward and retreat, good at knowing the situation of the country, good at knowing the weather and people, and good at knowing the dangers of mountains and rivers. The four desires are the so-called desire for wonder in battle, desire for secret planning, desire for tranquility among others, and desire for unity.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
14. A good general is one who is hard and cannot be broken, and whose softness cannot be rolled, so he uses weakness to control the strong and softness. Make steel. If it is pure softness and pure weakness, its power will be weakened; if it is pure hardness and pure strength, its power will perish; if it is neither soft nor hard, it will always be in harmony with the Tao.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"
15. The way to be a general is to follow heaven, follow the time, and rely on people to achieve victory. Therefore, if God does something when it does not do it, but man does it, that is called going against the times; if it does something when heaven does not do it, but man does it, it is called going against heaven; when heaven does something, but when man does not do it, it is called going against man. A wise man does not go against heaven, the times, or people.
——Zhuge Liang's "Jiang Yuan"/"Xin Shu"