Advice that goes against the ear means that honest advice may not sound pleasant to the ear, but it is helpful in correcting shortcomings and mistakes.

Classic sayings that are hard to hear:

1. It is not more valuable than having no mistakes, but it is more valuable than being able to correct them.

2. If you climb high, you will feel inferior; if you travel far, you will feel short of yourself. Think before you act.

3. A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions.

4. Don’t make deep plans with people who speak softly and move lightly.

5. Loyal advice is unpleasant to the ears and beneficial to action; good medicine is bitter to the mouth and beneficial to the disease.

6. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

7. The wind cannot move Mount Tai, and the rain cannot bend the green pines.

8. Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to recede, and easy to turn back and forth in the minds of small people. When gold is transported, it turns into iron, and when it comes, iron becomes like gold. Reading must be done with intention, as one word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

9. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

10. A kind word can warm you in three winters, but a bad word can make you feel cold in June.

11. If you don’t follow the rules, you can’t make a square or a circle.

12. Anyone who behaves kindly and noblely will surely be able to endure hardships.

13. When a word comes out of its mouth, it cannot catch the tongue.

14. Living a day in vain, doing nothing, is like committing the crime of theft.

15. Those who do evil are detested by the righteous. He who walks uprightly is detested by the wicked.

16. Dividing the stolen goods with thieves means hating your own life.

17. A gentleman is poor, but a villain is poor. Poverty is at ease, wealth is full of worries.

18. Loyalty may be offensive to one’s ears but beneficial to one’s actions.

19. Only when a ship rides the wind and waves can it move forward, and only when a person overcomes difficulties can he survive.

20. Don’t let the pretty girl grow old, and don’t let the wandering man teach the poor. If you don't know how to welcome guests at home, you won't know your master until you go out.

True advice is unpleasant to the ear but beneficial to action; good medicine is bitter to the mouth and beneficial to the disease. Explanation

1. Although the medicine is bitter, it is beneficial to the treatment of the disease. Faithful advice is often not something people like to hear, but it is good for action.

2. Most of the good medicines are bitter, but they are good for curing diseases; most of the words that teach people to be kind are not pleasant, but they are good for people to correct their own shortcomings. This sentence teaches people to be brave enough to accept criticism. Because it is not terrible for a person to make mistakes, as long as they can be corrected in time, it will not be a serious problem. What is terrible is that he refuses to treat his illness and is unwilling to accept criticism from others, so that his mistakes turn from small to big, and from big to incurable.