Original abstract
A gentleman's trip is quiet to cultivate one's morality, and frugal to cultivate one's morality. If you are not indifferent (Dan and Tan), you will have no ambition, and if you are not quiet, you will have no distance. Husband (fú) must be quiet before he can learn. If you don't learn, you can't be versatile, and if you don't want to learn, you can't succeed. Debauchery can't have vitality, and danger can't have temperament. What will happen when the years pass, the meaning disappears, and then (Sui) fades, and many people don't meet the world and stay in poverty sadly? -from the collected works of Zhuge Liang.
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A gentleman's character should be cultivated by quietness and frugality. If you can't see worldly fame and fortune clearly, you can't be clear about your ambitions, you can't be far-sighted and you can't feel at ease. Study must be quiet, so that you can realize that you need to study. If you don't study, you can't broaden your knowledge. If you don't make up your mind, you won't succeed in school. You can't strive for progress if you are addicted to procrastination, and you can't refine your temperament if you are paranoid and impetuous. As time flies, the will fades with the passage of time, so it gradually withers, and most of them can't integrate into society, sadly guarding the poor home. It will be too late (regret)!
To annotate ...
(1) Fu (fú): the modal particle, the first word in the sentence, has no practical meaning.
(2) Gentleman: A man of noble character.
(3) Line: refers to conduct, morality and conduct.
(4) Cultivation: personal moral cultivation.
(5) Danbo: quiet and not greedy for fame and fortune. Peace of mind, nameless greed. No desire.
(6) Zhi Ming: Show your great ambition.
(7) Quiet: This refers to being quiet, concentrating and not distracting.
(8) Zhiyuan: Achieve lofty goals.
(9) Broad-minded: broaden your intelligence.
(10) Inman: Excessive neglect. Masculinity: laziness, lewdness: excess.
(1 1) Motivation: Cheer up. Encourage: encourage, come on.
(12) adventurous and impetuous: irritable and impetuous, as opposed to the "quiet" mentioned above.
(13) governance: governing the general's metallurgy and cultivating temperament.
(14) and: concern.
(15) late: disappear, pass away.
(16) day: time.
(17) Therefore, just.
(18) Litter: Litter, which means dead leaves are just like falling, describing people passing away in their prime.
(19) Many people are out of touch with the world: it means they have no contribution to society. Connecting with the world and contacting with society is beneficial to society. It means "using the world".
(20) poor houses: broken houses.
What will happen to (2 1)? How can it be in time?