Explanation of Zengguang Xianwen’s translation

"Zengguang Xianwen", also known as "Xianwen of the Past" and "Xianwen of Ancient and Modern Times", is a children's enlightenment book compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. From this, it can be inferred that the book was written during the Wanli period at the latest.

In the past, virtuous writers taught you earnestly, collected rhyme and added prose, and you saw and heard more.

You should know more about famous quotes from the past and remember them more.

When looking at the present, it is advisable to learn from the past, as the present cannot be achieved without the past.

Use historical examples of the rise and fall of history to guide today's actions.

Know yourself and your enemy, and compare your feelings with your own.

Know that you understand others, put yourself in others’ shoes, and understand how others feel.

Drink wine when meeting close friends, and recite poems to those who meet you.

You should drink wine with people who understand you, and poetry should be said to people who understand you.

We know each other all over the world, and how many people know us well.

We know a lot of people, but not many of them know each other well.

Meeting each other is like knowing each other for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end.

Don’t have too deep interactions with others, lest you develop resentment in old age.

You know the nature of fish when you are near the water, and you know the sounds of birds when you are near the mountains.

If you are close to the water, you can know the situation of fish. If you often pass by the mountains, you can distinguish the sounds of various birds.

Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to retreat, and they are easy to reverse and change the hearts of small people.

The water in the mountain stream often rises and recedes with the seasons, and the ignorant villain is capricious and unpredictable.

Gold is transported away and turned into iron, but when it comes, iron is like gold. Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

When you have bad luck, gold may turn into iron, and when luck comes, iron may turn into gold.

Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Only by working hard in reading can you produce articles with exquisite diction.

When you meet someone, you have to say only a few words, but don’t give up everything.

You must leave room for words when speaking to others, do not speak out quickly, and do not give all your heart to others.

If you plant flowers deliberately, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will become shade.

The things I wanted to do didn’t reach my goal, and the things I didn’t expect to be done actually happened.

It is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but it is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger.

It is easier to understand people on the surface, but it is difficult to understand people's hearts and thoughts.

Money is like dung, but kindness is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Money is not important. What is valuable is benevolence, righteousness and morality.

The water flowing down the beach is unintentional, and the white clouds coming out of the stream are unintentional.

The water flowing from the mountain to the beach is not intentional, and the white clouds passing through the cave are also unintentional.

If you didn’t climb high and look at it, who would believe that the ocean is deep and flowing eastward.

If I hadn’t climbed up and looked far ahead, how would I have known the vastness of the East China Sea?

A horse’s power can be seen in the distance, and people’s hearts can be seen in the long journey.

Only after a long journey can one know the strength of a horse; only after a long journey can one understand the strength of a human heart.

Two people have the same heart, but they can’t buy gold if they don’t have money. But one person has the same heart, and it’s hard to buy needles if they have money.

If two people are of the same mind, life will get better and better; if not, they will become poorer and achieve nothing.

It's easy to get along well with each other, but it's hard to make friends after staying for a long time.

It is easy to handle the relationship after one or two contacts, but it is difficult to maintain a long-term relationship.

A horse's weakness is due to thinness, and a person's lack of charm is due to poverty.

Horses cannot run because they are too thin and weak; people cannot feel proud because they are poor.

To forgive others is not to be a fool, but a fool will not forgive others.

To be tolerant to others means a person who understands the principles, but a fool who does not understand the principles will not be tolerant to others.

It’s a close relationship but not a close relationship, but it’s not a close relationship but it’s a close relationship.

Those who are relatives should not be treated as relatives, but those who are not relatives should be treated as relatives.

Beautiful or not, it depends on the water in the hometown, and whether you are close or not, it is the people of your hometown.

I feel more beautiful about the things in my hometown; I feel more kind to the people in my hometown.

The orioles are still afraid of spring. How can they teach people to spend spring in vain?

The Yinghua is most afraid of the passing of spring. How can we let people spend their good time in vain?

If we meet again and return home without drinking anything, the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave will also smile.

It’s such a joke when friends meet without drinking.

Don't let the pretty girl grow old, and don't teach the poor to the wandering man.

Don’t let a beautiful woman grow old, and don’t let a romantic man become poor.

If you don’t know how to welcome guests at home, you will know your master only when you go abroad.

I don’t know how to receive guests at home. It’s only after I go out that I realize the importance of this issue.

Gold is not fake, asafoetida is not real.

Gold is not (not easy to be counterfeited), and asafoetida is not genuine (it is easy to counterfeit).

If you don’t care about your guests, you may be a fool.

A host who doesn’t greet guests when they see them coming is probably a fool.

The poor live in the busy city and no one cares about them, the rich live in the mountains and have distant relatives.

When a person is poor and lives in a busy city, no one is willing to go there. When a person is rich, no matter how remote he or she lives, people will come to visit him.

No one speaks behind someone’s back, and no one speaks in front of anyone.

Who doesn’t talk about people behind their backs, and who doesn’t talk about them in front of others?

If you have money, you speak the truth, but if you don’t have money, you speak the truth.

Rich people tell the truth (some people believe it), while poor people speak the truth and others doubt it (do not believe it).

If you don’t believe it, just look at the wine at the banquet and advise the rich first cup by cup.

If you don’t believe it, go to a banquet and see that everyone will toast to people with money and status.

If you have money in the bustle, you can settle down in a quiet place.

The busy city is a place to make money, and only a quiet place can recuperate.

It comes like wind and rain and goes like dust.

There was a big shock when we arrived, but there was no sound when we left.

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new people in the world drive out the old ones.

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and new people emerge in endlessly in the world.

The first to see the moon is the tower near the water, and the flowers and trees in the sun are the first to see spring.

You can take advantage of it because it is close to convenience.

The ancients did not see the moon today, but the moon used to shine on the ancients.

People in the past will not see today's moon, but today's moon has shined on people in the past.

The first to arrive is the king, and the second to be the minister.

The one who arrives first can be a king, and the one who arrives later can only be a minister

Mo Daojun will go early, and there will be people who go early.

Don’t say he came early, someone was earlier than him.

Don’t believe in the straight and the straight, and beware of being unkind.

Don’t believe too much in integrity and selflessness, and be wary of anyone.

There are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world.

There are straight trees in the world, but there are no straight people.

Hate yourself for the leafless branches, don’t blame the sun for being biased.

You must first see if there is anything wrong with you, and don’t always emphasize the influence of others.

Everyone’s destiny is up to them.

Everyone’s everything is destined, and there is nothing you can do about it. This sentence promotes the idea of ??destiny.

The plan for a year lies in spring, and the plan for a day lies in Yin.

A family's plan lies in harmony, and a life's plan lies in diligence.

The best time of the year is in spring, and the best time of the day is in the morning; the best thing in a family is harmony, and the best way to protect the body is hard work.

Responsibility for others, forgiveness for others.

Berate yourself with the attitude of blaming others, and treat others with the attitude of forgiving yourself.

Keep your mouth shut and be as defensive as a city.

If you keep your mouth strict, everything will be safe.

I would rather be betrayed by others than betrayed by others.

I would rather others feel sorry for me than me feel sorry for others.

Be careful again and again, and don’t deceive your heart first.

What needs to be paid attention to again and again is not to deceive yourself.

You can still get close to a tiger when it is alive, but you can’t get close to people when you are familiar with it.

It’s okay to get close to a tiger you’ve never seen before, but you can’t get too close to someone you’re very familiar with.

Those who talk about right and wrong are right and wrong.

Those who spread right and wrong are those who stir up trouble.

It is difficult to save a fire that is near by water far away, and it is not as good as a close neighbor by a distant relative.

It is difficult to put out fires with distant water, and no matter how good relatives are, they are not as useful as nearby neighbors.

There are many brothers when there is tea and wine, but you never see one person in times of crisis.

When a person has status and status, he has many friends, but when he is in dire straits, he has no one to talk to.

Human relationships are as thin as paper, and world affairs are like new chess games.

Human relationships are as fragile as paper, and things in the world are as ever-changing as a chess game.

There are also thousand-year-old trees in the mountains, and it is rare to find a centenarian in the world.

There are trees in the world that are over a thousand years old, but people over a hundred years old are rare.

Don’t bear heavy burdens if you are weak, and don’t persuade others with soft words.

People who are too weak cannot bear too much weight, and if their words are not taken seriously, stop trying to persuade others.

Don’t join the crowd if you don’t have money, and don’t seek relatives if you are in trouble.

Don’t go to others if you don’t have money, and don’t go to visit relatives and friends when the situation is bad.

Don’t frown in your life, and there should be no gnashing of teeth in the world.

Don’t do anything sorry to others in your life, and there will be no one in the world who hates you.

Scholars are the treasure of the country, and Confucianism is the treasure of the country.

Those who study are the treasures of the country, and those who understand etiquette and justice are the pillars of the country.

If you want to stop drinking, look at the intoxicating person with a sober mind.

If you want to know how to quit drinking, you will know how to do it by watching a drunk person when you are sober.

If you need help, you need a hero; if you need help, you need to help people in times of need.

He who asks for help needs a hero, and a helper needs to help those who are in urgent need of help.

A drop of it is like nectar when you are thirsty, but a cup when you are drunk is worse than nothing.

The most thirsty person is to give a drop of water, just like giving nectar. When a person is drunk, he should not add more wine.

Staying for a long time makes one feel despicable, and frequent visits also lead to alienation.

If you live in someone's home for a long time, you will be disliked by others; if you are poor, your relatives will alienate you.

A true gentleman does not speak in wine, but he is a real man when it comes to wealth.

It’s good not to talk nonsense when drinking. People who are clear about money are the ones who can make a difference.

Being a monk is as good as before, and you are more than ready to become a Buddha.

Be as sincere as when you first became a monk, and you will surely achieve sincerity;

It is better to have a thousand taels of money than to explain the scriptures clearly.

Accumulating a thousand taels of gold is not as good as knowing the Four Books and Five Classics.

Raising a son without education is like raising a donkey, and raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig.

Raising a son without education is like raising a donkey; raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig.

If you have fields and don’t cultivate them, your barns will be empty; if you have books and don’t read them, your descendants will be foolish.

If you have fields but don’t cultivate them, your warehouses will be empty; if you have books but don’t read, your descendants will be stupid.

The warehouses are empty because of the lack of time, and the descendants are stupid because of the lack of etiquette and justice.

If the warehouse is empty, life will be difficult. How will the descendants know etiquette and justice when they are stupid?

A conversation with you is worth ten years of reading.

One conversation with you (a cultivated person) is better than ten years of reading, and I have benefited a lot.

People cannot understand the past and present, and horses and oxen are like ruffles.

If a person does not read, understand etiquette, and has no knowledge, he is no different from an ox or a horse wearing clothes.

There are countless people all over the world, which man is the husband?

Among the many people, there are a few who are capable.

Liquor is brewed for hospitality, and gold is spent to collect books.

In order to achieve a goal, you will not hesitate to scatter all your gold and abandon everything!

Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.

Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.

The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond.

When the city gate caught fire, water from the moat was used to put out the fire, but the fish died when the water ran out. Refers to being implicated.

Auspicious grass grows in front of the court, which is a good thing.

It would be better not to have auspicious grass growing in front of the court.

If you want to live rich, you must work hard.

If you want to gain wealth, you must work hard.

A hundred years of success is not enough, but once it fails, it will be more than enough.

After years of hard work, it is not enough, but once it is destroyed, it is very complete.

The human heart is like iron, and the official law is like a furnace.

Even if the human heart is as solid as stone, it will melt in the furnace of official law.

There is not enough improvement and more than enough deterioration.

Those who do not accumulate enough good and have more than enough evil will surely suffer.

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish, and if people are too impatient, they will be unwise.

If the water is too clear and brewed, there will be no fish; if a person is too hot-tempered, there will be no wisdom.

Those who know will lose half of it, and those who know nothing will lose it all.

There are fewer people who are knowledgeable and educated, and even fewer people who understand the truth.

At home, you follow your father, and when you get married, you follow your husband.

He who obeys his father at home will obey his husband when married.

Idiots fear women, but wise women respect their husbands.

A fool is afraid of his wife, but a virtuous woman respects her husband.

Right and wrong exist all the time, and if you don’t listen, there will be nothing.

Right and wrong happen every day, and if you listen to them, they will disappear naturally.

It is better to be right but not enough than to be evil and have more than enough.

It is better to act righteously than to go astray.

I would rather believe that it exists than believe that it does not exist.

It is better to believe that he has it than to believe that he does not have it. You must be prepared and confident about things.

The scenery of the bamboo fenced thatched cottage is worse than that of the Taoist temple and monks' hall.

The rural scenery of the farmhouse is very good, and I am afraid it cannot even compare with the temple.

There is a time in life that must be there, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it.

Sometimes there will definitely be something in your destiny. If you don’t have it in your destiny, you don’t have to force it. Everything depends on the arrangement of fate.

The Taoist temple welcomes immortal guests, while the study hall conceals Confucianism.

Immortals often come and go in the temple, and talented people like prime ministers all come from the study.

Phoenix bamboos are planted in the courtyard, and dragon fish are raised in the pond.

There are rare and auspicious flowers and fish in the courtyard to show off their wealth.

To make friends, you must be better than yourself. It is better to be like me than not.

To make friends, you should find people who are worse than yourself. It is better not to make friends with people who are similar to or inferior to yourself.

But after three or five days, we didn’t see each other as well as before.

If you don’t believe it, just a few days of observation will not be as good as the first impression.

Human relationships are like water, and things in the world are like clouds.

Humanity and face are as divisible as water, and things in the world are as changeable as clouds in the sky.

I can talk about it, but I can’t say anything rude.

If you can speak, you can talk about the world and the sky, but if you can't speak, you can only talk about the small things around you.

It is hard to sharpen a knife, but it hurts people's fingers.

Every time you sharpen a knife, you want to sharpen it, but a sharp knife will hurt your fingers.

It is hard to seek wealth, but too much wealth will harm oneself.

When seeking wealth, too little is always too little, but too much money can be harmful.

Be content with what you have and you will never be disgraced throughout your life.

Those who are content will always be happy and will not be insulted by money throughout their lives.

If you know how to stop, you will always stop, and you will never be ashamed.

Everything must be done in moderation and in moderation, so that you will not be humiliated in your life.

Being blessed will hurt your wealth, but not being blessed will hurt yourself.

Blessed people only lose some money when they are hurt, but unlucky people have to bear the pain themselves.

A slight difference can lead to a loss of thousands of miles.

Although the mistake is small, the consequences are huge.

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

When people climb high, they always feel insignificant; when people walk far away, they always have confidence.

Think before you act.

If you think about something carefully, it will definitely be beneficial.

It is better to talk than to speak on your own, and to ask for help from others is worse than asking for yourself.

It is better to do it than to talk, and it is better to do it yourself than to ask for help.

We were brothers when we were young and grew up in different villages.

We were together in the past, but they went their separate ways when they grew up.

If you are jealous of money, don’t be jealous of food; if you are jealous of life, don’t complain of death.

If you are jealous of other people's money, you cannot be jealous of other people's food; you can complain when others are alive, but don't complain after they die.

People are angry when they see bald heads, but I am happy when they see bald heads.

Other people are angry when they find their hair is gray, but I am very happy when I see it (optimistic spirit).

How many young people have died before they die in old age.

Many people are young and die before their hair turns gray.

Every wall has its ears.

The walls are ventilated and the partitions have ears, so be on guard at all times.

Good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

Good things don’t spread easily, but bad things spread quickly.

Thieves are villains who are smarter than gentlemen.

Although the thief is a villain, he is not stupid, so we must be careful.

A gentleman is poor, but a villain is poor.

Although a gentleman is poor, he can stick to his duties. If a villain is poor, he will act recklessly.

Poverty is at ease, wealth is full of worries.

People can live comfortably when they are poor, but when they have more money, they have more worries, and there are many things to worry about.

Do not regard me as a virtue, but regard me as an enemy.

Not only did they not thank me or say good things about me, they scolded me and took me as their enemy.

It is better to take the straight course than to seek the truth from the twists and turns.

It is better to be upright than to compromise in order to preserve one's own safety.

If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

If people do not consider long-term plans, they will soon encounter difficulties and problems.

Those who know me are worried about me, but those who don’t know me tell me what I want.

People who know me well can tell me my inner worries; people who don’t know me can only tell me my superficial needs.

I refuse to go on sunny days, just waiting for the rain to hit my head.

I don’t want to go when the weather is nice. I wait until it rains and I miss the opportunity.

Don’t talk about what will happen, it will be difficult to collect the water.

Things have become facts, just like water that has been spilled and cannot be collected, it is useless to say it.

Right and wrong are just for talking too much, and troubles are caused by being too strong.

No matter what is right or wrong, it is caused by talking too much, and the reason for being troubled is the result of being competitive.

Be patient for a moment and avoid a hundred days of worry.

When you encounter something that makes you angry, just tolerate it and let it go, so as not to cause long-term troubles in the future.

I recently learned the turtle method, and when I have to shrink my head, keep it down.

People should be like a tortoise. When the situation is unfavorable, they should shrink their heads into their shells, which is a metaphor for protecting themselves and waiting for opportunities.

Afraid of the Dharma and Chao Chao's joy, and deceived the public to worry about it every day.

If you abide by the law and discipline, you will always be safe and happy; if you cheat on justice and ignore morality, you will only end up in trouble every day.

In life, grass grows in spring.

When people live in the world, they must seize the opportunity, because spring is easy to grow old and time is too short.

Black hair doesn’t know how to study hard and it’s early, look at it, it’s a white-headed man again.

When you are young, you don’t know how to study hard and cherish your time. Time flies by in a blink of an eye, and you will soon become a gray-haired person.

On the fifteenth day of the month, there will be little light, and when a person reaches middle age, everything will stop.

After the moon reaches the fifteenth day, it will become less bright day by day, and people will not have any major development after they reach middle age.

Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so do not work as horses or oxen for them.

Children will naturally have their own lives and fun, don’t waste your time working for them.

If you are not satisfied with a hundred years in life, you will always worry about a thousand years.

People's lifespan will not exceed a hundred years, but they often worry about things that last a thousand years.

If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will be worried tomorrow.

If you have wine today, get drunk today, and worry about tomorrow’s worries tomorrow.

The dangers on the road are difficult to avoid, and in the end you will not be free.

Whenever you encounter a dangerous spot on the road, you have to find a way to get through it. It's your turn and you can't avoid it even if you want to avoid it.

Medicine can cure fake illnesses, but wine cannot cure real sorrows.

Medicine works for fake illnesses, but drinking alcohol cannot relieve real sorrow.

A poor person is speechless and his skills are not good.

If you are level, you will not be able to move. If you are poor, you should not talk. It means that the poor have no place to talk.

If a family has a girl, hundreds of families will ask for her, but if one horse fails, hundreds of horses will worry.

When there is a girl in the family, many people come to ask for a son-in-law; if one horse cannot move, hundreds of horses cannot move, which means that one person will delay everyone's affairs.

Drink wine when there are flowers, and go upstairs if there is no moon.

It makes sense to drink wine when there are beautiful flowers; it makes sense to go upstairs to watch it when there is a bright moon.

Three cups lead to the road, and one drink can solve a thousand worries.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, all the principles will make sense. If you are drunk, all worries and worries will disappear.

After all, there are tigers hidden in the mountains, and the sea must accept trickles.

The tiger needs to hide in the mountains, and the trickle will eventually return to the sea.

It is better to retreat first when you are deeply favored, and then you can retire when you are deeply proud.

You should give in when you receive too much favor, and don't be too proud and complacent when you get what you want.

Don’t wait for right and wrong to come to your ears. Love in the past will turn into hatred.

Listen less or not at all. If you listen too much, no matter how good you are, you will become your enemy.

As long as the five lakes and bright moons are there, there will be no need to worry about having nowhere to place the golden hook.

As long as there are five lakes, there will be fish, which means that the foundation is preserved.

Don't miss any fish places, don't miss the shallow beach.

Discourage people from leaving a place that is not worth remembering. Don’t always be reluctant to leave.

When you go, you must go, and you can't stay again.

What should be lost will never be retained.

Be patient, give up your anger, be patient, and take a step back.

If you say less, you will be less angry; if you take one step, you will avoid a dispute. Harmony is the most precious thing, tolerance is the highest thing.

You will not be rich at thirty, you will not be rich at forty, and you will find death in your fifties.

If you have no talent at thirty, no property at forty, and cannot be an official at fifty, there is no hope.

I don’t care about my soul when I’m alive, and I don’t care about my body when I die.

Be firm and do not want life or death.

Parents' deep kindness will eventually be separated, and the love between husband and wife will also be separated.

No matter how deep the relationship is with your parents, they will eventually leave. No matter how strong the relationship between husband and wife is, they will never be together forever.

Life is like birds sleeping in the same forest, flying separately when the time comes.

People live together in the same forest like birds, but at the end of their lives they go their separate ways.

A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others.

If people are kind, they will be bullied. If a horse is honest, anyone can ride it. It means don't be too honest, honest people will be bullied.

A man will not be rich without windfall, and a horse will not be fat without night grass.

A man will not be rich without ill-gotten wealth, and a horse will not be fattened without fodder at night.

When people are evil, they are not afraid of God, but when people are kind, they are not afraid of God.

People are afraid of evil people, but God is not afraid; kind people are often bullied by others, but God will not bully them.

Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it’s just a matter of whether they come early or come late.

Every good or bad behavior will have good or bad consequences in the end, it is just a matter of postponement and advance.

The Yellow River still has a clear day, so how can it be that people have no luck?

The Yellow River has a lot of cement and sand, but there are times when the water is clear. How can people not be lucky?

When you are favored, you miss the humiliation, and when you live in peace, you worry about danger.

When you are favored, you should think about the days of enduring humiliation, and when you live and work in peace and contentment, you should consider the possible dangers.

Thinking about it is like facing an enemy, and my heart is like crossing a bridge.

People should always be alert and cautious everywhere, just like walking across a bridge and not be careless.

A hero takes a dangerous path, and wealth is like a flower branch.

Those who create heroic deeds will inevitably encounter dangers. Those who covet comfort and wealth are not dangerous but will not last long.

Human feelings cannot be said to be good in spring, but I am afraid that autumn will be cold.

The friendship between people in the world is not always as beautiful as the scenery in spring; sometimes things turn cold.

We see you off for a thousand miles, but we must say goodbye in the end.

No matter how far you send someone away, you have to say goodbye in the end.

But I will look at the crab with cold eyes to see how long you can run rampant.

Look at the domineering person with a calm eye and see how long you can continue to function. It means contempt for evil people.

Don’t talk about things when you see them, and you don’t know when you ask about things.

I don’t express my opinion on anything I see, and I don’t know what the situation is when I ask.

Don't worry about your own business. Come home early if you have nothing to do.

Mind your own business and go home early.

If you dye it red, you will be criticized by others.

If what you do is perfect, some people will make irresponsible remarks.

Good things can be done, but evil things should not be done.

Good things can be done, but evil things cannot be done.

If you promise someone something, a thousand pieces of gold will never move it.

Whatever you promised, you must try your best to do it.

Dragon gives birth to dragon sons, and tigers give birth to leopard sons.

Dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix.

A dragon swims in the shallow water and is teased by a shrimp; a tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by a dog.

A dragon will be teased by shrimps when it enters shallow water, and a dog will bully a tiger when it falls on the plain. It describes what happens to people in unfavorable circumstances when they are unlucky.

He made it to the Dragon and Tiger Ranking for the first time, and arrived in the Phoenix Pond ten years ago.

I became famous immediately after passing the exam, but without ten years of hard work, it would be impossible to get close to the emperor.

No one asked me about him for ten years, and I became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

After ten years of studying hard in a cold window, no one knew about it, but suddenly he became famous and everyone in the world knew about it.

Drinking debts are commonplace, but rare in the past seventy years.

Drinking and debt are commonplace, but it is rare for people to live to be seventy years old.

Raise children until old age, store grain to prevent hunger.

Raising children is to have someone to rely on in old age, and accumulating food is to prevent starvation.

Chickens, dolphins, dogs, and pigs are all animals that have lost their time. A few families can live without hunger.

Raising livestock such as chickens, dogs and pigs and planting various crops must not be lost time, so that the whole family will not go hungry.

Always think that there will be a day when there will be no day, and don’t mistake the day for a time.

When life is good, think more about when life is bad. Don’t regard bad situations as good days.

Whenever the wind blows, it brings the Tengwang Pavilion, and the thunder blows to recommend the blessing stele.

When you have good luck, bad situations can also get better; when you have bad luck, good situations can also turn bad.

Don't ask about prosperity and failure when you first start, you will know by looking at your face.

When you go to other people’s homes, you don’t have to ask whether the owner is proud or not. You can tell by looking at their faces.

If the officials are clean and the scribes are thin, the temples of the gods wish them to be fat.

If an official is honest, the servants below will not get rich; whichever temple houses gods and spirits will attract more people.

Quiet the fury of thunder and the might of tigers and wolves.

It means not to get too angry or show off your authority.

The basis of calculation is to spare others, and the opportunity to calculate is to lose others.

Being able to forgive others is the most fundamental thing in being a human being, and being able to donate to others is also crucial.

Good words are hard to come by, but bad words are easy to dish out.

It is difficult to say good things, but easy to say bad things.

Once a word is spoken, it is difficult to follow it.

Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back.

Those who teach me good things are my thieves, and those who teach me evil things are my teachers.

Those who praise themselves have other motives; those who criticize themselves are their own teachers.

You must avoid dangerous places on the road. People who are not talented should not write poems.

When encountering dangers and difficulties, you should avoid them and do not confront them head-on; if you are not very confident and confident, do not be competitive.

When three people walk together, there must be my teacher; choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

When three people are together, there must be someone I can learn from; learn from other people’s good conduct and abandon other people’s bad habits.

If a young man does not work hard, an old man will be sad.

If you don’t study hard and make progress when you are young, you will only be sad in vain when you are older.

If people have good wishes, God will bless them.

If people have good wishes, God will bless them.

Don’t drink Mao Shi wine and get drunk to the point of drunkenness.

Don’t drink too much early in the morning and stay groggy until the evening.

Don’t scold your wife at Youshi, she will be left alone all night.

Don’t scold your wife at night, otherwise no one will take care of you all night long.

If you sow hemp, you will get hemp; if you sow beans, you will get beans.

Whatever you put in, you will get the result.

The eye of heaven is magnificent, sparse but not missing.

Heaven is vast, but it will never miss anything. The law is boundless and will not let a bad person go.

Don’t go forward when meeting an official, and don’t stay behind when being a guest.

What each person does depends on his or her own identity and circumstances.

It is better to add a bucket than a mouthful.

It is better to add an extra bucket of food to the family than to eat after being full, which means to be diligent and thrifty.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware that the oriole is behind.

When you are doing something in front, you never know that someone is watching you from behind.

I don’t ask for gold and jade, but I hope that all my children and grandchildren will be virtuous.

I don’t ask for more gold and silver, the better. I hope that all my descendants will be successful.

One day as a couple, a hundred lifetimes of marriage.

It means that the fate between husband and wife is not easy to come by, and they must be loved and cherished.

I have been cultivating for hundreds of generations to cross the same boat, and I have been cultivating for thousands of generations to sleep on my pillow.

It means that the union between husband and wife is built over a long period of time, and it also means that good results are not easy to come by and should be well protected and cherished.

If you kill ten thousand people, you will lose three thousand people.

When you hurt others, you will also suffer losses.

A hurtful word can be as sharp as a knife.

A hurtful word is like stabbing someone with a knife. Why bother?

A dead tree grows again when spring comes, and no one can grow young again twice.

Dead trees will sprout again when they arrive, but people will not be young again when they are old, so we must cherish time.

Set up for shelter before it's too late, watch the sky early when the rooster crows.

Point out that you should find a place to rest when you are outside the house; get up early, take care and do not waste time.

The general’s forehead can run a horse, and the prime minister’s belly can punt a boat.

The foreheads of senior officials such as generals, ministers and princes can run horses, and the belly of the prime minister can also punt boats. They have large fingertips and high style.

The rich think about the coming year, while the poor think about the present.

It means that wealthy people think long-term, while poor people often think about the immediate future.

If you want to be kind to people in this world, don’t withdraw money from things on credit.

If you want to gain good fate and popularity, give things to others for free, which means you dare to suffer losses.

Life and death are determined by destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven.

Human life is destined, and wealth is arranged by God, which means that people should be content with their destiny.

When the stone is struck, there is fire; if it is not struck, there is no smoke.

When a stone is struck, sparks will emit. If it is not struck, there will be no smoke.

It is useless to learn but to learn.

Only when people learn can they understand things; if they don’t learn, they don’t know anything.

Don’t laugh at other people’s old age, they will eventually grow old.

Don’t laugh at other people’s old age, you will be old one day too

But if you can do your duty, you will have no worries in the end.

As long as you can be a responsible person, you will have no worries in your life.

A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely.

A gentleman likes wealth, but he must come at the right time.

A chaste woman loves sex and accepts it with courtesy.

For outstanding chaste women, we must guide them into the norms of etiquette.

Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds.

Doing good things will have good consequences, and doing bad things will have bad retribution.

It’s not that I don’t report it, the time will come.

There will be no retribution, it is just a matter of time.

People who have no faith do not know what is possible.

If a person is dishonest, I don’t know what he should do.

One person’s good deeds are spread by thousands of people.

What one person says, no matter whether it is true or false, seems to become true once it is passed on by many people.

If you want everything to go well, you must ask the three elders.

To do everything well, you must consult knowledgeable and moral people (three elders: referring to the rural officials who taught in ancient times).

If you argue about trivial matters, you will miss the big road.

If you fight over small things, you will lose your big reason.

Prevent hunger every year, and guard against theft every night.

Beware of famine every year, and beware of thieves every night. It means to pay attention to everything.

A scholar is like grain and rice; an unlearner is like wormwood and grass.

Those who study are as useful as seedlings and crops; those who do not study are like wormwood and are only used as firewood.

But there are green poplars that can tie horses, and Reuters Chang'an is everywhere.

There are trees tying horses everywhere, and all roads lead to Chang'an City. It means there is nothing hard to do to upset people.

It is easy to see but difficult to learn.

It is easy to watch others from the sidelines, but it is difficult to learn and do it yourself.

Don’t take it for granted that it is easy to get.

Don’t regard things that are easy to obtain as ordinary things. They contain hard work and sweat.

It is wrong to think carefully, but it is difficult to think backward and think about everything.

As long as we think about it carefully, things in the world are complicated and nothing is easy. We need to deal with it carefully and think carefully.

We all have different paths, but raising a family is the same.

The paths we take may be different, but the principles of maintaining life are the same.

It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury and enjoyment, but it is difficult to adapt from enjoyment to hardship.

The bosom friend speaks and the bosom friend listens, but the bosom friend does not play with the bosom friend.

It is easier for people who understand each other to communicate. For people who do not understand each other, words are useless and empty talk is useless.

When turning stone into gold, people’s hearts are still not satisfied.

Stones can be turned into gold, but some people are still not satisfied. This refers to the lack of human hearts.

I was convinced and sold my house.

It would be of no use to sell the house because of my stomach.

Others’ viewing of flowers does not involve your eyes. Others are busy and don't touch you.

It’s like you haven’t seen the colorful world; you are so busy that it has nothing to do with you. Refers to being arrogant and focused on everything.

Who doesn’t love Zisun Xian, who doesn’t love Qian Zhongsu.