Classic Chinese sayings and interpretations

In Chinese Chinese culture, there are many classic Chinese sayings. These classic inspirational sentences have been a representative of the quality and connotation of the Chinese people for a long time. Below I will share with you classic inspirational quotes from Chinese studies. Let’s read these most wise quotes from Chinese studies together. Let’s learn together!

1. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. -- "Mencius? Li Lou Xia"

Interpretation: People who love others will always love them, and respect others and others will always respect them. How you treat others will often be treated in the same way. To be respected and loved, you must respect and love others. Heng: Often.

2. If you don’t follow the rules, you can’t make a square or a circle. -- "Mencius Li Loushang"

Interpretation: Without compasses and rulers, rectangles and circles cannot be drawn. We must abide by certain rules and regulations in our lives and in doing things. Otherwise, everyone will do their own thing and everything will be in chaos. Rules: Rules and moments, two tools for correcting circles and squares.

3. A well-stocked warehouse will reveal etiquette; a well-fed and well-clothed person will recognize honor and disgrace. -- "Guanzi Herdsman"

Interpretation: Only when the granaries are abundant can the people understand the etiquette system; only when the food and clothing are abundant can the people know honor and shame. Material civilization is the basis of spiritual civilization. Those who govern a country must first consider the lives of the people. Lin (lǐn): granary. Real: substantial.

4. A slight difference is a thousand miles away. -- "Book of Rites? Sutra Interpretation"

There are small mistakes in the interpretation of things at the beginning. If they are not corrected in time, they will eventually lead to big mistakes. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and you must be cautious at the beginning; you must strive for excellence and meticulousness when conducting scientific research, otherwise it will cause heavy losses. Millimeter: A small unit of measurement, describing very few or extremely small. Miao (mi?): Wrong.

5. A ruler is short and an inch is long; things are insufficient and wisdom is unclear. -- Warring States Period? Chu Dynasty? Qu Yuan's "Bu Ju"

Interpretation: Although the ruler is longer than the inch, it appears shorter compared with longer things. Although the inch is shorter than the ruler, it appears shorter than the shorter things. If it is compared, it will appear longer; things always have their shortcomings, and wise people always have unwise things. People or things have their own strengths and weaknesses. We should not blame them for perfection, but should use their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

6. The right person will get many help, but the wrong person will get little help. -- "Mencius? Gongsun Chou"

Interpretation: Those who possess the truth and are in line with justice will get help from more people, while those who violate the truth and are unjust will rarely get help. It tells us that truth and justice are invincible.

7. Studying alone without friends means you are lonely and ignorant. -- "Book of Rites? Xue Ji"

Interpretation If you just study alone without friends to discuss with you, you will be ignorant. Study partners have been proven to benefit learning progress.

8. Wealth cannot be suppressed, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. -- "Mencius, Duke Teng Wen"

Interpretation: Wealth cannot make his mind confused, poverty and lowliness cannot make him change his moral integrity, and power cannot make his will surrender. Only by achieving these three points can one be called a man. Mencius's words have been handed down from generation to generation and have inspired countless Chinese people.

9. High banks are valleys, and deep valleys are mausoleums. -- "The Book of Songs? The Turn of October"

Interpretation: Highlands turn into valleys, and deep valleys turn into mountains. According to scientific speculation, the Himalayas were a vast ocean 70 million years ago. The sea turned into mulberry fields, which is a metaphor for the ever-changing world. It also means that things always transform into their opposite under certain conditions.

10. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. -- "The Analects of Confucius? Wei Linggong"

Interpretation: If a craftsman wants to do his job well, he must sharpen his tools in advance. It can be seen from this that if a person wants to be competent at work, he must first learn the skills well. If you read good books today, you will be able to make great achievements tomorrow.

11. Be generous to yourself but not responsible to others. --"The Analects of Confucius? Wei Linggong"

Interpretation] Blame yourself more and blame others less. This sentence means to be strict with oneself and to be lenient with others. If you are strict with yourself, you will make rapid progress; if you are tolerant of others, you will stay away from resentment. Gongzi: oneself. The word "responsibility" is omitted after the word "thickness". Responsibility: blame, demand.

12. Therefore, if wood is supported by a rope, it will be straight, and if metal is sharpened, it will be beneficial. -- "Xunzi? Encouraging Learning"

Interpretation: Wood becomes straight after being processed with a straight line drawn with a carpenter's ink line (woodworking tools); metal objects can be sharpened after being sharpened on a whetstone. These two metaphors are used to illustrate that after people learn, temper and reflect on themselves, they will become wiser, stop making mistakes, and become stronger. Sharpen (l?): whetstone.

13. If you are good, you will know its evil; if you are evil, you will know its beauty. -- "Book of Rites? University"

Interpretation: For the person you like, you must know his shortcomings and not be partial; for the person you dislike, you must know his advantages and not erase them. When we evaluate a person, we must be objective and fair, not emotional, and not biased because of our own good or bad qualities.

14. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes. -- "Laozi"

Interpretation: Disasters depend on happiness, and happiness lurks disasters. It tells us that misfortunes and blessings can transform into each other under certain conditions. We should be prepared for danger in times of peace and should not be discouraged if we are in adversity. Xi (xī): modal particle, equivalent to ah?. Yi (yǐ): rely on. Fu: latent, hidden.

15. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. -- "The Analects of Confucius? Yan Yuan"

If you don't like your interpretation, don't impose it on others. Hunger and cold are something you don't like, so don't impose it on others; shame is something you don't like, so don't impose it on others. Compare yourself to others, think of your own benefits and harms to others, and think more about others. This is a principle that should be followed throughout your life. Desire: Want, hope. Don’t (w?): Don’t. Shi: add, give.

16. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When three people are together, there must be someone among them who is worthy of my learning in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his strengths to learn from, and I will learn from his shortcomings and shortcomings and correct them.

17. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman always blames himself, looking for shortcomings and problems within himself. Villains often look at others and look for their shortcomings and deficiencies.

18. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman is open-minded, frank and clean in his thoughts, and his appearance and movements appear to be very comfortable and stable. The villain has too many desires in his heart and a heavy psychological burden. He is often worried and worried. His appearance and movements also appear uneasy, and he often seems to be unable to sit or stand firmly.

19. Don’t blame God or blame others. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When encountering setbacks and failures, never make excuses from an objective perspective, and never push the responsibility to others. Later it developed into the idiom "blame everything but others".

20. Don’t express your anger and never make mistakes. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake, don't take it out on others, and don't make it a second time. )

21. A little impatience will mess up a big plan. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Even if you really want to do something that you shouldn't do, but insist on not doing it, it is called "forbearance". Being intolerant of small things will affect the overall situation and ruin big things.

22. Even the villain’s faults must be punished. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A villain must cover up his faults.

23. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes.

-- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is a real mistake.

24. A gentleman should stick to his roots, and the Tao will come from his roots. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman devotes himself to the fundamentals and establishes the fundamentals, and "Tao" will naturally arise.

25. A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman thinks that it is shameful to talk too much and do too little.

26. Think twice before you act. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Everything you do must be done after repeated consideration.

27. Those who do too much injustice will surely die. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: If you do too many bad things, you will eventually destroy yourself.

28. No one has any faults, and there is no greater good than being able to correct them. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Everyone may make mistakes, and if he makes mistakes, he will still be the best person as long as he corrects them.

29. Don’t hide your great virtue with a veil. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: When evaluating a person, one cannot erase his merits just because of a slight mistake.

30. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. -- "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: People learn it once and for all. If I spend hundreds of efforts, I will definitely learn it. If others can master it ten times, if I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

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