1. What I did all night long, I feel shameless in the shadow of quilt; time has passed, but it is still expected to be effective in Sangyu.

From "Night Talk Around the Furnace·154". Every day when I think back to what I did in the morning and evening, there should be nothing immoral or immoral; when time goes by and I never look back, I still look forward to achieving something in my later years.

2. Teach your children when they are young, to have an upright and bright atmosphere;

From "Night Talk Around the Fireplace·Part 1". Educating children requires correct instruction from a young age, so that they can develop a bright and magnanimous demeanor; in daily life, they must reflect on themselves and must cultivate themselves without worry, diligence, and fear. This article explains that educating children should start from a young age, and they should also have a spirit of self-reflection and always review their body and mind.

3. When guarding one’s body, one must be careful and avoid doing anything that can harm one’s body. To nourish one’s mind, one must be indifferent. Do not do anything that can tire one’s mind.

From "Night Talk Around the Furnace: Chapter 98". To maintain your own moral integrity, you must be cautious and avoid anything that will damage your integrity; to maintain your own will, you must be indifferent and you must not do anything that can drag down your own will. The former requires constant vigilance and abstinence from all desires that may harm the body, while the latter requires a step back, because it is impossible for people to eliminate desires.

4. When socializing with friends, I must learn their good points carefully in order to benefit from them; when it comes to the words of sages, I must practice them in my usual way before I can be considered a student.

From "Night Talk around the Fireplace·Part 2". When making friends, you must pay attention to their strengths, so that you can benefit from them; when reading the books of sages, you must imitate and practice them in your daily life, so that it can be regarded as real reading.

5. If you follow the rules but don’t see the spirit, you are a puppet; if you follow the rules and don’t know how to adapt, you are a gourd who follows the rules.

From "Night Talk Around the Fireplace·One, Two, One". If you strictly follow the rules and regulations in life and have no independent spirit, you will be like a puppet being manipulated by others; if you stubbornly follow the rules and regulations in work, but do not know how to adapt to changes, you will be as rigid and sluggish as following the same pattern. Properness, rules, or social ethics and behavioral norms are the basic qualities that a person should possess.

6. Everyone wants to be able to speak, Su Qin died because of his ability to speak; everyone wants to accumulate more money, but Shi Chong died because of accumulating more wealth.

From "Night Talk Around the Fire". Everyone hopes that they can be eloquent. Su Qin was killed because of his eloquence. Everyone hopes that they can accumulate more wealth. However, Shi Chong was hated because he had too much wealth. Only then did he get killed.

7. If the king does not let people live, but does not kill without reason, then the life of the creature is a pity; the sage does not blame people for their faults, but can induce them to change their mistakes in many ways, and the common people can change their minds.

From "Night Talk Around the Fire". The king will not release too many animals, nor will he kill lives for no reason. This can at least teach people to cherish life. The saint will not require others to have no faults. Wisdom guides people to correct their mistakes through some methods, because only in this way, Only then can people improve from evil.

8. When a shrew cries and curses, there are not many tricks; as long as she is calm and calm, she will stop herself.

For an overbearing woman, letting him make noises and curses is just a trick. As long as she thinks quietly and ignores him, she will naturally find it boring and stop.

9. Those who have made achievements in ancient and modern times should not be underestimated; those who do good things in the rural party must not be people who know how to do things.

From "Night Talk Around the Fire". From ancient times to the present, those scholars who have made a difference are not those who do things rashly; in the countryside, those who like to meddle in other people's business are often those who do not understand anything.

10. Don’t let your wisdom spread out. The ancients used it to plug their ears and the bright colors to blind their eyes. Why not do farming and reading at the same time? The ancients had people who went out to do the work, and when they entered, they traversed the scriptures.

From "Night Talk Around the Fire". Smart people need to know how to restrain themselves. The ancients used to stuff their ears with cotton and cover their eyes with hats to conceal their behavior. Farming and reading can be taken into account at the same time. There were ancient people who carried farm tools while farming and held scriptures in their hands at night. read.