1, "perseverance, uncompromising; Perseverance can open the stone. " -Xunzi
If it stops after a while, the dead wood will continue to carve. Stick to carving and the stone will be carved successfully.
2. "The monarch is the source of the people. The source is clear and the source is turbid. " -Xunzi
The monarch is the source of the people. The source is clear and the tributaries are clear. The source is dirty, and so are the tributaries.
3. "If you don't climb mountains, you don't know the height of the sky." Don't face the deep stream, I don't know the thickness of the ground. "-Xunzi
If you don't climb the mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; I don't know how thick it is without facing the deep stream.
4. "If a gentleman is knowledgeable and my body is almost the same in the three provinces of Japan, then he knows clearly without fault." -Xunzi
A gentleman learns from others, and he will behave himself more every day, then he will be wise and knowledgeable, and his behavior will not be wrong.
5. "Good farmers don't plow for floods and droughts, good farmers don't break the market, and gentlemen don't worry about poverty." -Xunzi
Excellent farmers will not stop farming because of floods and droughts, excellent businessmen will not stop trading because of losses, and those who are interested in training and learning will not ignore morality because of poverty and hardship.
6. "Respect and courtesy; Modesty, happiness; Caution is beneficial; It is also harmful to hold back anger. " -Xunzi
Respect is etiquette; Harmony is music; Caution is good; Fighting and getting angry is a disaster.
7. "Righteousness before benefit is glorious, and honor before righteousness is humiliating. Respectable people often live, and humiliating people are often poor. " -Xunzi
Put morality first, respect profit, put profit first, and be ashamed of morality. Glorious, often accessible; Shameful, often the poor.
8. "You quit desire, I quit patent." -Xunzi
Monarchs should abstain from the desire for power, and ministers should abstain from the desire for interests.
9. "Everyone who fights is self-righteous, and everyone else is wrong." -Xunzi
Anyone who loves to fight must think that he is right, but the other party is not.
10, "as soon as you say it; You will know when you are silent. " -Xunzi
Speaking appropriately is a sign of understanding and wisdom; Keeping silent when you shouldn't speak is also a sign of understanding and wisdom.