1. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster. ?"The Analects" Translation: If you only study without thinking, you will not feel confused; if you only dream without studying, you will be tired and gain nothing. 2. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it. If you don’t know it, it is something to know. ?"The Analects of Confucius" Translation: Knowing means knowing. If you don't know, you should say you don't know. Don't cheat. This is wise behavior. 3. Good work comes from hard work, but waste comes from play; success comes from thinking, and failure comes from following. ?Han Yu Translation: Success in career or studies lies in hard work and diligence. If you are too playful and relax your requirements, you will achieve nothing; in life, you must think carefully and thoroughly before you can achieve anything. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure. 4. There are three aspects of reading: understanding with the heart, understanding with the eyes, and understanding with the mouth. ?Ming?Zhu Xi Translation: Think with your heart, look carefully with your eyes, and read more with your mouth. Only when you do all three aspects well can you truly read. 5. Never tire of learning and teaching. ?"The Analects" Translation: Study hard without feeling satisfied, teach others without feeling tired. 6. If you don’t accumulate steps, you won’t be able to reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you won’t be able to reach a river or sea. ?"Xunzi Encouraging Learning" Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form rivers and seas. 7. If you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level. Translation of "Climbing the Zhegomatic Bird Tower" by Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty: If you want to see farther and broader scenery, you have to go up to the next level. If you want to learn more and deeper knowledge, you have to work harder than before. 8. The strongest will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others. ?"Warning Words" Translation: Although you are a strong person, there must be someone stronger than you, so don't be proud and complacent in front of others and brag about yourself. 9. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. ?"Book of Rites?" Translation: Without carving, jade cannot become a useful jade article; without learning, people do not understand principles. 10. Black-haired people don’t know how to study hard, and white-headed people regret studying late. ?"Encouragement to Study" Translation: When you are young, you don't know how to seize the time and study diligently. When you are old, it is too late to study. 11. A gentleman hides his weapon in his body and waits for the time to move. ?"Book of Changes" Translation: Even if a gentleman has outstanding talents and extraordinary skills, he will not show off or show off everywhere. It's about putting talents or skills to use when necessary. 12. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. ?"Shang Shu" Translation: Being complacent with your achievements will lead to losses and disasters; being humble and always aware of your own shortcomings will benefit from it. 13. A person who does not know but is not stunned is not a gentleman. "The Analects" Translation: If I have achieved something and others do not understand it, I will never feel angry or aggrieved. Isn't this also a sign of gentlemanly demeanor? 14. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions. ?"The Analects of Confucius" Translation: You must keep your word when you say something; when you decide what you want to do, you must do it resolutely and courageously. 15. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no me.

"The Analects of Confucius" Translation: Speak facts, do not make assumptions out of thin air; do not be arbitrary or capricious when faced with problems, do whatever is feasible; be flexible in your actions, not rigid; do not take "me" as the center in everything, do not be self-righteous, work together with the people around you, ***Complete the mission together. 16. When three people walk together, they 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 worth 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" 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" 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 an idiom "blame everything but others". 20. Don’t vent your anger and never make mistakes. ?"The Analects" Translation: If you make a mistake, don't take it out on others, and don't make it a second time. 21. Heaven is moving in good health, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ?"Book of Changes" Translation: As a gentleman, you should have a strong will and a never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career. Only by doing so can you reflect the will of God and live up to what the universe has given you. The duties and talents of a gentleman.

22. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. ?"Three Kingdoms" Liu Bei's translation: Don't do anything just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, do something small. Don't do something good that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much. 23. Seeing good is like falling short, seeing bad is like exploring the soup. ?"The Analects of Confucius" Translation: When I see a good person, I am afraid that it will be too late to learn from him; when I see a good thing, I am afraid that it will be too late and I will not be able to do it. When you see evil people or bad things, it is like coming into contact with hot water. You should leave immediately and stay away. 24. If you are generous to yourself and do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment. "The Analects of Confucius" Translation: Those who work hard and take the main responsibility for mistakes are "self-respecting". Being more understanding and tolerant to others is "taking less responsibility from others". In this case, there will be no resentment towards each other. 25. The beauty of a gentleman is the beauty of a man, but the evil of a man is not. The villain is on the contrary. ?"The Analects" Translation: A gentleman always starts from the desire to be kind or beneficial to others, wholeheartedly promotes others to realize their good intentions and legitimate requirements, and does not look at the world with cold eyes. Or they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they will not add fuel to the fire when others have failures, mistakes, or pain. Villains, on the contrary, always have the evil of adults but not the beauty of adults. 26. When you see a virtuous person, you think about them; when you see a virtuous person, you introspect yourself.

?"The Analects" Translation: When you see someone who has strengths and advantages that exceed your own in a certain aspect, you should humbly ask for advice, study hard, and find ways to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; when you see someone with certain shortcomings or deficiencies, you should You should calmly reflect and see if you have the same shortcomings or shortcomings as him. 27. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. ?"The Analects" Translation: If you don't want it (pain, disaster, misfortune?), don't impose it on others. 28. Do your duty and don’t give in to the teacher. ?"The Analects" Translation: When you encounter a good thing that you should do, you should not hesitate. Even if the teacher is nearby, you should rush to do it. Later, it developed into an idiom: "do your duty without giving in". 29. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds. ?"The Analects of Confucius" Translation: A gentleman does not talk too much, but he does things quickly and dexterously. 30. When two people are of the same mind, their sharpness is as sharp as metal; when two people are of the same mind, their stench is as bad as orchid. ?"Book of Changes" Translation: People who work together are strong enough to break hard metal; people who work together express unanimous opinions and are persuasive. People are like smelling the fragrant orchid fragrance and are easy to accept it. 31. Knowing shame is close to courage. ?"The Doctrine of the Mean" Translation: Knowing what is a shameful behavior is a good sign of bravery. 32. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. ?"Mencius" Translation: Be complacent about thinking that your mistakes are smaller than others, and your shortcomings are fewer than others. 33. A gentleman is most willing to be kind to others. ?"Mencius" Translation: The greatest advantage of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart. 34. Everyone can be like Yao and Shun. ?"Mencius" Translation: As long as they work hard, everyone can become a great sage like Yao and Shun. 35. An embankment of a thousand feet will collapse due to the nests of ants; a room of a hundred feet will be burned by smoke from the gaps. ?"Han Feizi" Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney. 36. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned. ?"Preface to Poems" Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear other people's criticisms, you should carefully reflect on yourself. If you make mistakes, correct them. If they are not wrong, take them as advice given to you by others. 37. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for deeds. ?"Confucius' Family Sayings" Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior. 38. A kind word warms you for three winters, but a bad word hurts you for six months. ?Translation of Ming Dynasty proverb: A kind and helpful word can make the listener feel warmer even in the severe cold of winter; on the contrary, harsh and vicious words can hurt other people's feelings and self-esteem, even in the heat of June. Makes you feel cold. 39. According to thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ?"Zengguang Xianwen" Translation: According to thousands of classic principles, filial piety to parents and friendship to brothers are the first things that should be done. 40. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and blessings are brought about by oneself. Translation of "Zengguang Xianwen": Good and bad things are all done by oneself, and disasters and happiness are all caused by one's own words and deeds.

) Good and bad things are all done by oneself, and disasters and happiness are all caused by one's own words and deeds.