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] He who loves others will always be loved by others, and who respects others will always be respected by others. 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. Be generous to oneself but not responsible for 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 "thickness". Responsibility: blame, demand.
3. 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 do not show favoritism; for the person you dislike, you must know his advantages and do not obliterate them. When we evaluate a person, we must be objective and fair, not be emotional, and not be biased because of our own good or bad qualities. Good (hào): like. Former "evil" (è): flaws and ugliness. Later "evil" (wù): hate, hate.
4. If a person can do it once, he can do it a hundred times; if a person can do it ten times, he can do it a thousand times. ——"Book of Rites. Doctrine of the Mean"
[Interpretation] If others can learn it well with a little effort, you should spend 100% of your efforts to learn it well; if others can learn it well with a lot of effort, you should spend 100% of your efforts to learn it well. Put in a lot of effort to learn it well. This sentence shows that people should strengthen themselves and not be left behind. With the mentality of self-improvement, you will inevitably be diligent. "Diligence can make up for weakness", and people who were not smart enough will become smarter.
5. Those who do will always succeed, and those who do will always arrive. ——"Yanzi Chunqiu Internal Chapter. Miscellaneous Parts"
[Interpretation] Those who persist in doing things will always succeed, and those who keep moving forward will always reach their destination. Action, action, is actual action. With practical actions, no matter how difficult things are, we can do them; without practical actions, even easy things cannot be done.