Lu's famous Spring and Autumn sayings are as follows:

The first sentence:

Those who want to conquer others must first conquer themselves; those who want to judge others must first judge themselves. He who knows others must first know himself. ("Ji Chunji·Xianji").

The general idea: If you want to defeat others, you must first make yourself without flaws; if you want to criticize others, you must first make yourself without flaws; if you want to understand others, you must first know yourself.

Second sentence:

Stones can be broken, but not strong; elixirs can be ground, but not red. ("Ji Chun Ji·Integrity").

General idea: A stone can be broken, but its hardness cannot be changed; cinnabar can be ground into powder, but its red color cannot be changed.

The third sentence:

A good scholar will make up for his shortcomings by pretending to be good at others. ("Meng Xia Ji Yong Zhong").

General idea: People who are good at learning can take advantage of others to make up for their own shortcomings.

Ideological characteristics and artistic characteristics:

1. Ideological characteristics

"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" is the first organized and planned collection of essays in Chinese history. , a large scale, divided into twelve chapters, eight chapters, and six treatises. There are five chapters in each chapter of the Twelve Chronicles*** sixty chapters, eight chapters in each of the eight chapters (one less in "You Shi Lan")*** sixty-three chapters, six chapters in each of the six treatises*** thirty-six Chapters, and another chapter "Preface", totaling one hundred and sixty chapters.

The Twelve Chronicles are written according to the monthly order, and the content of the articles is logically arranged according to the natural changes of spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage. It is an arrangement of the human world that is in harmony with the weather and reflects the Taoist relationship between nature and social governance. consistent.

2. Artistic Characteristics

Another outstanding literary achievement of "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" is the creation of rich and colorful fables. According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 200 fables in the book. Most of these fables are based on ancient Chinese myths, legends, and stories, and some are the author's own creations. They play a very important role in the history of Chinese fables.

"Lu Shi Chun Qiu" has its own characteristics in the creation and application of fables. It often puts forward arguments first and then quotes one or several fables to demonstrate. For example, the chapter "Dang Wu" first puts forward the dangers of improper "discrimination", "faith", "brave" and "law", and then uses "there is a way to steal", "there are straight bowers in Chu", "Qi people" Four fables are used to illustrate the truth.