What poems describe people’s need to be content?

1. Poems about contentment

Poems about contentment 1. What are the poems that describe "contentment"

1. Be content when you are satisfied Happiness, when there is no intention, there will be no worries: if you are content and enjoy yourself, don't care about everything, and if you don't have the intention to compete, you will be worry-free.

2. People who are contented with things will always be content, and people who have no desires will have high moral standards: People should understand that those who are satisfied will always be happy, and should not be fettered by worldly things. When they reach the state of having no desires and no desires, their character Naturally noble.

3. If you are content, you will not be humiliated. The ancients suffered from humiliation. But children and old people are playing happily, and it is peaceful to be in contact with the colorful flowers. There is a scroll of books in the daytime, but I still hold a candle when I am happy. ——Pu Su's "Contentment"

4. A wise man enjoys picturesque mountains and mountains, while a benevolent man enjoys endless waters. A glass of wine calmly and a cup of tea calmly. ——Tao Yuanming

5. Those who are content and not greedy, are content with poverty and are happy with the way, strive to do good things without losing their normalcy, act at the right time, and find their own place, will be content and can last for a long time: know how to be satisfied, and not be greedy for fame and fortune. Be content with poverty and be happy to maintain good health, strive to pursue the perfection of personality, do not violate the principles of life, be punctual in words and deeds, and perform your duties with peace of mind, thus making your living environment comfortable. In this way, you can always live a healthy and long life

6. Whether you are rich or poor, it is always difficult to satisfy your needs. Contentment is your satisfaction. ——Zhang Yingzeng's "Congxun Zhaiyu"

7. Be content with the vastness of the world, but be greedy for the narrowness of the universe. ——Zeng Guofan

8. Make fun of every joke, always be happy and avoid getting angry.

9. Ordinary food and clothing can be spent at any time, and don’t ask for extra money.

10. Always content with three meals to the full. ——Tang Yin's "Second Sigh of the World"

11. Contentment is not humiliating ——Cai Kan's "Twenty Rhymes of the Heavenly Body in the Imitation of Bai Le"

12. Tie your hair to a bright head , Elegant meaning is in Lingu. After fifteen years of retirement, it was like being freed from the shackles of an official position. If you cling to the barriers and seek the same old ways, your lies cannot be redeemed. Returned from Fu Fu. Fortunately, I did not recover. There is a field to feed the hungry, and a garden to feed the family. There is a huge house, but there is nothing stored in it. Walking across the section, doing farming and driving away. The quantity of dou-shu is easy to gain, and the calculation of dodder fur is sufficient. Despite the difficulties, he has been spared the humiliation. The year is full of joy, and I have new crops. There is a bottle of wine by the bedside and several books on the shelf. Reading and reciting books while drinking is better than silk and bamboo. To the north of the water and to the south of the city, Cangjun is lined with thousands of jade. It is more necessary to imitate Yuan Liang, and the remaining ones are planted with pine and chrysanthemum. Inviting literary lovers, chant oh, the sun belongs to you. If you are self-sufficient for the rest of your life, what else do you want? ——"Contentment" Wei Zongwu

13. One plow oxen half a field, the harvest depends on the sky, and the shortage also depends on the sky. Three full meals with simple tea and light food are delicious in the morning and sweet in the evening. Clothes are warmer than silk and can be worn long or short. There are several thatched huts, making it safe to walk and stay. After the rain, the sky is blue and we are sailing in a small boat, with fish on one side and wine on the other. Children return home at night and talk in front of the lamp. There are words today as well as words in ancient times. I sleep alone at three o'clock in the morning. Who is a god? I am a god. A volume of "The Empty Valley of Nanshan" is full of madness and madness: a pear and a cow are half a field, and the harvest depends on the sky, and the shortage depends on the sky. I have three meals full of coarse tea and light food. It is sweet in the morning and sweet in the evening. The cloth is warmer than silk. It can be worn long or short. There are several thatched huts. It is safe to walk and safe to wait. The rain has passed and the sky is blue. Driving in a small boat. The fish is on one side and the wine is on the other side. The children return home at night and talk in front of the lamp. There is a saying today, and there is also a saying in ancient times. When the sun rises three poles and I sleep alone, who is the god?

2. Poems about contentment

1. A wise man enjoys mountains and mountains as picturesque, and a benevolent man enjoys endless waters. A glass of wine calmly and a cup of tea calmly. ——Tao Yuanming

2. Be content with the breadth of the world and be greedy for the narrowness of the universe. ——Zeng Guofan

3. Being contented with things will always make you feel satisfied. ——Ji Yun's "Xun Ci'er"

4. Rich or poor, it is always difficult to satisfy one's needs. Contentment is one's satisfaction. ——Zhang Yingzeng's "Congxun Zhaiyu"

5. Those who are content and not greedy, live in poverty and enjoy the road, strive to do good things without losing their normalcy, act at the right time, and find their own place, will be content with everything and can last for a long time.

6. After the rain, the weather is fine and you can sail in a small boat, with fish on one side and wine on the other.

7. An ox plows half of a field. The harvest depends on the sky, and the shortage also depends on the sky.

8. Ordinary food and clothing can be spent at any time, and don’t ask for extra money.

9. When you are content, you are happy; when you are careless, you are worry-free.

10. Make fun of every joke, always be happy and avoid getting angry.

11. Three meals of simple food and light food are both delicious in the morning and sweet in the evening.

12. There are several thatched cottages, so you can travel and stay in peace.

13. Clothes are warmer than silk and can be worn long or short.

Please accept it if you are satisfied

3. Poems expressing contentment

1. If you don’t know the heart of contentment, Tang Bai Juyi’s "Xiye Early Autumn Straight Night Calligraphy Yi Since then Zhongshu" "Writing when giving up others".

2. Kuangzi is content with the outside world. Tang Bai Juyi's "Giving Laozhi" 3. My heart is contented with Tang Bai Juyi's "Working in the Wind and Snow" 4. If I am content with my heart, Tang Bai Juyi's "Ralting to My Nephews" 5. Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty is not content with things, "Twenty-three Ancient Styles" 6. Contentment is better than ominousness, "Gift to the Duke of Liang" by Wang Ji of the Tang Dynasty 7. Opening the report of contentment and the rain of contentment, "To Dr. Zheng of Huazhou" 8. Rubbing the sutras and scrolls to know what is content, Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty "Drunk and Down/One Dendrobium Pearl" 9. Not Xu Weng was content with Song Houzhi's "Nian Nujiao·Jingchun Terrace" 10. Unintentional officialdom is always content with Song Cao Guan's "Man Jiang Hong·Tao Guang" 11. How many people can be content after old age Song Jiang Teli's "Man Jiang Hong·Xiao Xiao Huatang" 12. Contentment and knowing only Song Xu Jingsun's "Shui Diao Ge Tou·Ke Wen Ju Shan Lao" 13. Even more dissatisfied later Song Dynasty Wu Qian's "Man Jiang Hong· A Close Reading of Fusheng" 14. Knowledge and Contentment Tang Bai Juyi's "Chi Shang Chapter" 15. Contentment as a Young Man in the Middle Tang Dynasty Zhu Qingyu's "Gift to Chen Yiren" 16. How to Know Contentment by the Golden Fairy Tang Guanxiu's "Twenty-Four Mountain Residence Poems" 17. Although I am old and content, Yuan Liangyin's "Jade Butterfly Room" "Ju" 18. "Everyone is content with the three pieces" Yuan Wangzhe "Wu Meng Ling·Jinze and Gongzhao Zhu" 19. Be content with the situation and don't fight with each other Yuan Liu Chuxuan "Ding Fengbo·Prince of the Jiao All the Dukes precepts are pure" 20. There is no glory without contentment Insulting Yuan Hou Shanyuan's "Man Ting Fang·Away with Quality and Greedy Flowers" 21. When will I be satisfied with Yuan Chang Quanzi's "Ruihexian·Years of Beauty Like a Chariot" 22. Although I will be content with Yuan Liang Yin's "Jade Butterfly Residence" 23 , In the end, the person who is contented is Song Anonymous's "Wuxian Nian, Yaotai Yue's life is lazy, a poem has not been named" 24. Contentment avoids violence Wei and Jin Cao Zhi's "Rebuke" 25, People are suffering and not satisfied Song Luyou's "Food" 26 , Who is more content in the world than Lu You of the Song Dynasty, "Playing in Poverty" 27. Contentment has few desires, "Praise to the Toutuo" by Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty 28. Contentment is the spirit tortoise, Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty, "Six Poems of Yixuan" 29. A message to the remaining clouds to be contented, Li Gou of the Song Dynasty The Bitter Rain Begins" 30. Knowing one's destiny means being content. "Ci Yun Dai Chengshu" written by Chen Chen of the Song Dynasty. 31. A message to the lingering clouds to be contented. Song Li Gou's "The Beginning of the Bitter Rain" 32. Lao Shi's first contentment. Song Liu Kezhuang's "Zhuxi Zhiyuan Sheng Yu Caotang" poem "You can see a lot in your spare time" 33. Life is precious and contentment is "Residence in the Mountains" by Shaosong of the Song Dynasty 34. Contentment can make everything come to an end 》 36. Contentment and Zhizhi Song Wu Fu's "He Tao Mingzi Yun Shi Jin Tiao Guan" 37. Gai Shou Zhizui Song Song Wu Fu's "Reharmony" 38. In my suave contentment Song Zhang Jiucheng's "Planning to Return to the Countryside" 39. A gentleman is noble Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty who is Zhizuo has "Twenty-Four Poems on Farming and Weaving Pictures Written by Yi's Order" 40. Zhao Mengfu of Zhizuo Yuan Dynasty "Twenty-Four Poems on Farming and Weaving Pictures Written by Yi's Order" 41. Song of Contentment by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty "Zhizu Yin and Cui" Eighteen years of hard work. 》42. Forgetting Glory and Contentment and Committing to Heaven and Harmony, Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "Yin Si Although Miscellaneous Words".

43. Contentment brings shame. Song Zhaolong's picture "Nian Nujiao·I am now old" 44. Five Thousand Words teaches contentment Tang Bai Juyi's "Liu Farewell" 45. Reward contentment and self-improvement Tang Li Pin's "Return after the End" " 46. Who is contented? Tang Hu Zeng's "Epic Poetry: East Gate" 47. Life is contented when full. Song Chen Yuyi's "Nanlaotang Zhouyuan Wengjia" 48. Having three meals is often contented Ming and Tang Yin's "The Second Sigh of the World" 49 , Contentment is not humiliating Song Cai Kan's "Twenty Rhymes of the Xue Bai Le Celestial Body" 50. If you are farming, you must be content 》 52. Originally, I am satisfied. I don’t need much permission from Song Chenggong. , Being virtuous and knowing is enough to humiliate Song Gucheng's "Greedy Spring" 55. Being content is not humiliating Song Guo Yin's "Walking in the garden to get the rhyme of vulgar words" 56. Being content is to be content and you can travel in Song Dynasty Kong Wuzhong's "Farewell to Wang Bingzhi in Raozhou" 57. Returning bravely is contentment Song Li Chuli's "Title" "Cui Qing Pavilion" 58. Contentment is already like a warehouse Yu Min Song Li Chuquan "Ci Yun Ming Ru Jian Shi Shi" 59. Contentment should always be enough Song Li Gou "Send Wu Taibo back to his hometown" 60. Contentment has real music "Song Li Lao" The south pavilion of the Zuting Zhang Kangjie also has a pavilion with several feet on it." 61. It is not as good as the contented person Song Li Lao "The south pavilion of Zhang Kangjie of the Zuting also has a pavilion of several feet above it" 62. After listening to the teaching of contentment, Song Lintong "The Filial Piety of the Wise 240" "Ten Poems·Sparse Shou" 63. Yi Zhi contented his scheming Song Lou Yao "Send a letter to his brother-in-law, Mr. Nai Weng" 64. Live a life of contentment and leisurely retreat Song Lou Yao "Zhongjiu Shangshu Sheng Dynasty" 65. Be content with Song Lu Sheng "Mountain Travel" 66. Contentment will not disgrace Pusu of the Song Dynasty. 67. Contentment for a long time. Song Shi Xinyue's "He Zhang Feng" 68. Contentment and peace of mind everywhere. Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty "Huayan Zhenshi uses poems to see Kuang and talk about it" "Zhang Ji Qi Shang" 69. Life is precious and contented Song Sima Guang "sends Puzhongshe to return to Shu" 70. Traveling to the place where the ancients were contented Song Song Qi "He Yan Taiwei Huai sent Yan Shilang" 71. Contented and resigned suddenly Song Song Xiang's "Four Poems on Planning to Retreat" 72. An acre of land is enough for the king's family. Song Su Zhe's "Ask for the Huang Family's Purple Bamboo Stick" 73. Song Wangyang's heart is content with his own destiny. " 74. Life is not satisfied. The way of the king of the Song Dynasty "He Zhang Yonglao" 75. Contentment is more effective. Wu Fu of the Song Dynasty "Ji Yuan Ji" 76. Contentment and Zhiweixi Song Xia Song "Reading the Sui Dynasty in Fenghe Imperial System" 77. Elegance and contentment Zen flavor Song Ye Shi's "Sending Zheng Yuren to the West Beijing Procuratorate" 78. Contentment and always returning to one's own place Song Zhang Boduan's "Song of Stone Bridge" 79. Contentment is not humiliating Song Dynasty Zhang Shi's "Early Spring and Zhezi's Two Poems Before the Next Year" 80. Bitterness Not content with oneself, Zhao Chudan of the Song Dynasty "Winter Solstice Book of Love" 81. How can one be contented if greedy and crippled? Su Zheng of the Tang Dynasty "The Pheasant Rabbit" 82. Yanxiao is half-contented with the Song Dynasty King Zhou's "Zihe" 83. The family is poor and well-off and often contented with Tang Jiaoran's "Observation of Li Zhongchenghong" Two Beauties Sing a Zheng Song (The Governor of the Lake, Time Moves) 84. I am always contented, Yuan Mayu, "Wu Meng Ling Jingzhao, Tan Jingsuo Suo" 85. When will Zhu Zhu be content? Song Bai Yuchan, "Two Overlapping Words Zhao Yin" " 86. Therefore, Song Huangbo's "Shu Shen Er Fa Ci" is clearly contented. 87. Master Yun is quite contented. Song Kong Wuzhong's "Wanxing" 88. People are suffering but not satisfied. Song Li Tingrui's "Seeing Gains in the Mountains" 89. Seeking for benefits is not contented. Song Shitan Hua "Please praise the portrait of Linji painted by the Manchu Zen people" 90. "Only Contentment" by Song Shi Zhiyuan of the Song Dynasty "Gift to the Toutuo Monk" 91. "Satisfaction with the King of Song Dynasty" 92. "Satisfied with Contentment" Gao Qi "Xiao Lo Tian" 93. Lao Zi Yuan Zhizu Ming Li Dongyang "Elegy of Hu Zhongan Gong (Forty Rhymes)" 94. Turtle Nest Zhizuo Yu Ming Wang Xi "Reading Chongzhen Taiping Songs from Brother Nan'an" 95 "Life is Contented and Humiliated without Humiliation Ming Wu Kuan" Ode Tang woman.

4. What are the poems that describe "contentment"?

When you can be content, you are happy with yourself, and when you are careless, you are worry-free: Be a man who is content, enjoy yourself, don't care about everything, and have no intention of competing. , and you will be worry-free.

People who are satisfied with things will always feel happy, and people who have no desires will have high moral standards: People should understand that those who are satisfied will always be happy, and should not be fettered by worldly things. When they reach the state of having no desires or desires, their character will naturally improve. So noble. If you are content, you will not be humiliated. The ancients suffered from humiliation.

But children and old people are playing happily, and it is better to be in contact with the colorful flowers. There is a scroll of books in the daytime, but I still hold a candle when I am happy.

——Pu Su's "Contentment" A wise man enjoys picturesque mountains and mountains, and a benevolent man enjoys endless waters. A glass of wine calmly and a cup of tea calmly.

——Tao Yuanming Knows contentment and is not greedy, is content with poverty and enjoys the way, strives to do good things, does not lose his normality, acts at the right time, and is content with what he wants, he will be content with everything, and can last for a long time: know contentment, not be greedy for fame and fortune, be content with Poverty-stricken people are willing to maintain good health, strive to pursue the perfection of personality, do not violate the principles of life, be punctual in words and deeds, and perform their duties with peace of mind, thus making their living environment comfortable. In this way, one can always be healthy and live a long life, be rich or poor, and it is always difficult to satisfy one's desires. Contentment is what one desires.

——Zhang Yingzeng's "Congxun Zhaiyu" is content with the breadth of the world, but is greedy for the narrowness of the universe. ——Zeng Guofan makes fun of every joke he makes, but he always talks happily without getting angry.

Ordinary food and clothing can be provided at any time, and don’t ask for extra money. You will always be satisfied with three meals a day.

——Tang Yin's "Sigh of the World Part 2" Contentment is not humiliating. ——Cai Kan's "Twenty Rhymes from the Xuebai Le Celestial Body" The hair is tied to the bright head, and the elegant meaning is in the forest valley. After fifteen years of retirement, it was like being freed from the shackles of an official position.

If you stick to your old ways, you can’t redeem your lies. Returned from Fu Fu.

Fortunately, I did not recover. There is a field to feed the hungry, and a garden to feed the family.

There is a huge house, but there is nothing stored in it. Walking across the section, doing farming and driving away.

It is easy to make a profit by dou 粲, and the dodder fur is sufficient. Despite the difficulties, he has been spared the humiliation.

The year is full of joy, and I have new crops. There is a bottle of wine by the bedside and several books on the shelf.

Reading and reciting books while drinking is better than silk and bamboo. To the north of the water and to the south of the city, Cangjun is lined with thousands of jade.

It is necessary to imitate Yuan Liang and plant pine and chrysanthemums. Inviting literary lovers, chant oh, the sun belongs to you.

If you are self-sufficient for the rest of your life, what else do you want? ——"Contentment" Wei Zongwu plows half of a field with an ox. The harvest depends on the sky, and the shortage also depends on the sky.

Three meals with simple food and simple meals are delicious in the morning and sweet in the evening. Clothes are warmer than silk and can be worn long or short.

There are several thatched cottages, so you can travel and stay in peace. After the rain, the sky is blue and we are sailing in a small boat, with fish on one side and wine on the other.

Children return home at night and talk in front of the lamp. There are words today as well as words in ancient times. I sleep alone at three o'clock in the morning. Who is a god? I am a god.

A book about the empty valley in Nanshan is full of madness and madness: a pear and a cow are half a field, and the harvest depends on the sky, and the shortage depends on the sky. Coarse tea and light food make you full for three meals, and it is sweet in the morning and sweet in the evening. The sweet-smelling cloth is warmer than silk. It can be worn in long or short lengths. There are several thatched huts. It’s safe to walk, and it’s safe to wait. Driving in a small boat after the rain, the sky is clear. The fish is on one side, and the wine is on the other side. Children come home at night and talk in front of the lamp. , there is a saying today, there is also a saying in ancient times: I sleep alone three poles in the sun, who is the god?

5. What are the poems about "contentment"

Poems about "contentment": "Yin Si Su (Miscellaneous Words)" Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi rested after drinking hour.

Please have a drink and listen to my chant. Although he is old, he is still younger than Wei Changshi.

Although his life is thin, he is still better than Zheng Changshui. Although his eyes are sick, they are still as bright as Xu Langzhong.

Although his family was poor, he was still richer than Guo Shuzi. What a fluke it is to judge and judge, it is worth drinking and singing and being happy.

Forgetting glory, contentment and entrusting heaven and harmony, you should also live your life to the fullest. "Gift to Doctor Zheng of Huazhou" Tang Dynasty: Wang Jian This official went in and out of Fengchitou, the first state in front of Tonghua Gate.

The clouds of Shaohua Mountain rise as a post, and the Xiaofu stream flows into the city. The vacant lot is beginning to fill up, and the grass in front of the Ci Li card is getting thicker.

The report is opened and the rain of contentment is revealed, and the pardon letter declares that there is no prison. I have never said that double banners are precious, but I am afraid that I will worry about the long education and the common people.

After the businessman retired in the evening, he had nothing to do and took the guests up to the south building on foot. "Gift to Chen Yiren" Tang Dynasty: Zhu Qingyu was happy to say goodbye to honor and wealth, and lived in the east of Guishui.

You have a lot of time to do, and you are a contented young man.

There are no ordinary grasses in the medicine garden, and the pine garden has a simple style.

Who is the same as gin and wine at the place where I chant in the morning and evening? "Returning Later" Tang Dynasty: Li Pin's home is near the Zhejiang River, opposite Maichen Township.

The returning bird is riding the tide towards the setting sun. I feel like my body is covered with snow, and my temples are filled with frost.

You are still young at this age, and you can be content and self-reliant. "Mosquito" Tang Dynasty: Pi Rixiu Faintly gathered like thunder, skin full of dissatisfaction.

If the emperor and the sky are not level, small things will teach you to eat meat. The poor man has no silk gauze and lives in a thatched hut.

What's the point of looking for fat? There is no Taicang millet in the belly. "Epic Ode."

East Gate》Tang Dynasty: Hu Zeng Who is content to turn against the farmhouse, and the jade tube at the east gate is used as a home for two people. Isn't it disrespectful to the emperor and the empress to live in idleness for a long time?

"Self Harmony" Tang Dynasty: Wang Zhou A scene of the setting sun, in the hazy pale moon. The orchid buds are tender and purple, and the pear cheeks are red.

Qin Ruan has a clear character, and a crown hairpin cultivates style. Yanxiao is half contented, and the officials are still the same.

"Drunk and Down" Song Dynasty: Huang Tingjian Tao Tao Wuwu. The road to drunkenness is far away.

The mood is just like that of those days. Cut off the golden lotus and a bowl of light moto.

In a foreign land, the osmanthus is used to cook green jade. You must be satisfied when you rub the sutra.

Next year the fine wheat will turn yellow and ripe. Regardless of the light frost, the temples are all green.

"Shui Tiao Ge Tou (To get an official invitation)" Song Dynasty: Xu Jingsun A guest asked Mr. Jushan why he was invited to travel freely. Tracing the origins of his life and writing a song for his guests.

I was lucky at thirty-five, served as an official for forty-three years, and retired at seventy. The top and the heel are all given by the king, and the virtues of heaven and earth are hard to repay.

Several books, two games of chess, and three cups of wine. This is useful in every day, who is inferior and who is superior.

When it’s cold, you’ll cuddle up to the stove and expose your back; when it’s warm, you’ll look for flowers and willows, ride in a chariot and play with sand gulls. When you are content and know where to stop, even if you are a guest, you will not allow it.

"Niannujiao" Song Dynasty: Hou Zhi Jingchun terrace pavilion, charming east wind, meandering and numerous red clusters. Fang Jixi's south curtain is embroidered and scrolled, and harmony fills the house.

The gold is warm and fragrant, the jade is dancing and the bamboo shoots are mixed with silk and bamboo. At the banquet in black clothes, I chased Wang Xie Gaohe from afar.

He is famous all over the world, and he is not satisfied with his work in Linquan. The sand and dew by the river are quiet every day, and people come from the east to carve hubs.

The eight brocades are practiced, the five animals play, and they have received immortality_. It is best to wear green clothes and a cicada crown on your temples.

6. Verses expressing contentment

Actually there are many. I hope the poster is satisfied with the following ones!

"Toutuo Praise"

Song Dynasty: Huang Tingjian

Known as the Bodhisattva Monk, his ambition is firm and courageous.

Be content and have few desires, and I will receive my roots.

"Ding Feng Bo: All the Dukes' Precepts and Conduct are Pure before the Jiao"

Yuan Dynasty: Liu Chuxuan

To repay God's kindness and uphold morality, be content with the situation and don't fight.

"Manjianghong·Tao Guang"

Song Dynasty: Cao Guan

External things follow the fate, and I am always content if I have no intention of being an official. At the time of Xisheng, there will be many good years of Xieqi, and the west will be ripe.

"Working in the Wind and Snow"

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

Since my heart is content, my body is at peace.

I should live up to you with my words and bones.

7. Poems about contentment and constant happiness

Tao Yuanming A wise man enjoys mountains and mountains as picturesque, while a benevolent man enjoys endless waters.

A glass of wine calmly, a cup of tea indifferently. The drizzle obscures the small stone bridge, and the spring breeze ripples the small bamboo raft.

In the dark night, the moonflower dances alone, with poetry and calligraphy in its belly.

Ji Yun of the Qing Dynasty said in "Xun Ci'er": "The heart will always be satisfied if things are satisfied, and a person will be self-exalted when he has nothing to seek." Zeng Guofan also said: "Be content with the breadth of the world, and be greedy for the narrowness of the universe."

These simple and unpretentious verses undoubtedly warn people to steer their lives well in real life - only by being content can they always be happy.

"When you are content, you are happy; when you are careless, you are worry-free."