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100 classical golden sentences, literary style, culture, philosophy, spirit and beauty!

100 classical golden sentences, literary style, culture, philosophy, spirit and beauty!

1. Mourn your parents, give birth to me (qú) Labor.

- The Book of Verses

Translation: Poor my parents, who raised me so hard.

2. Heaven does evil, but it is possible to disobey, but it is not to live by one's own sins.

- "The Book of Shang"

Translation: Disasters sent down from heaven can be escaped; self-inflicted sins can be avoided.

3. If a man does not learn, he stands against the wall.

Translation: If people don't learn, it's like standing against a wall and can't see anything.

4. It is difficult not to know, but it is difficult to do.

Translation: It is not difficult to understand the truth, but it is difficult to do it in practice.

5. Wide and chestnut, soft and standing, willing and respectful, chaotic and respectful, disturbed and resolute, straight and warm, simple and incorruptible, rigid and plugged, strong and righteous.

Translation: (People must have nine virtues) Be generous and solemn, gentle and assertive, principled and humble, intelligent and dedicated, good at flexibility and perseverance, honest and friendly, straightforward and restrained, strong and pragmatic, brave and moral.

6. Full of losses, humble benefits.

Translation: Complacency with what has been achieved will incur losses and disasters; humility and constant feeling of one's own inadequacies will benefit from it.

7. Jade is not a tool, it is not a tool; people do not learn, they do not know.

- "Etiquette and Learning"

Translation: Jade cannot be a useful jade without being carved; without study, one does not understand things.

8. Seeing profit is not to lose its righteousness, and seeing death is not more righteous.

- "Etiquette and Confucianism"

Translation: Don't do anything detrimental to righteousness when you see the money, but sacrifice your life rather than change your ambitions.

9. Evil words do not come from the mouth, and words of wrath do not come from the body.

- "Rituals and Sacrifices"

Translation: If you don't say evil words yourself, the wrath of others will not return to yourself. If you hurt someone with a bad word, others will add up with a bad word.

10. Seeing good is like not being good, and seeing bad is like exploring soup.

- The Analects

Translation: When I see a good person, I am afraid that I will not be able to learn from him. Seeing evil people and bad things, it is like touching hot water, and you must leave immediately and avoid it.

11. To be generous and to blame others is to be far from resentful.

Translation: Blame yourself more and blame others less, then you can avoid the resentment of others.

12. The beauty of a gentleman as an adult, but the evil of an adult. Villains are the opposite.

Translation: Gentlemen usually accomplish the good deeds of others and do not destroy the things of others, while villains are the complete opposite.

13. Tianxingjian, a gentleman who strives for self-improvement. The terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with thick virtue.

- "Zhou Yi"

Translation: The movement of heaven (that is, nature) is strong and strong, and accordingly, the gentleman should be like the heavens, striving for self-improvement, being resolute and strong, angry and strong, never stopping; the momentum of the earth is thick and smooth, and the gentleman should thicken his virtues and accommodate all things.

14. Two people with one heart, their profits are broken, and their words of one heart are as smelly as blue.

Translation: The two have the same heart, and the power of acting in unison is like a sharp blade that can cut off metal; in language, it is possible to talk, and it is as fragrant, elegant, and eloquent as orchid.

15. A gentleman hides his vessel and moves from time to time.

Translation: Gentlemen have outstanding talents and superior skills, and do not show off everywhere. Rather, it is to put a talent or skill to work when necessary.

16. See the wise and think together, see the unwise and introspect within.

Translation: When you see someone who has more than your own strengths and advantages in a certain aspect, you should humbly ask for advice, study seriously, and find a way to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; when you see someone with certain shortcomings or deficiencies, you must calmly reflect on them to see if you also have his shortcomings or deficiencies.

17. Do not do to others what you do not want.

Translation: What you don't want (pain, disaster, misfortune...), don't impose it on others.

18. Do not complain about the sky, do not distinguish others.

Translation: In the face of setbacks and failures, never make excuses from the objective point of view, never push the responsibility to others, and later developed into the idiom "complaining about the world".

19. Do not be angry, do not pass.

Translation: Make a mistake, don't anger others, and don't make it a second time.

20. If you are small and intolerant, you will be chaotic and big.

Translation: What should not be done, even if you want to do it, but insist on not doing it, is called "forbearance". If you can't bear small things and don't tolerate them, it will affect the overall situation and ruin big things.

21. The faults of the villain must also be written.

Translation: Villains must cover up their own faults.

22. To pass without changing is to be excessive.

Translation: If there is a fault and not corrected, this is the real fault.

23. Think twice.

Translation: Everything you do must be thought through repeated considerations before you do it.

24. Look up to the heavens, and bow down to the people.

- Mencius

Translation: Be upright and frank, look up to the sky, bow your head without shame, and do not do anything that is ashamed of people.

25. A gentleman is not a good man.

Translation: The greatest strength of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart.

26. Born of sorrow, died of comfort.

Translation: Sorrow enables people to survive and develop, and coveting comfort and pleasure will make people wither and die.

27. Everyone can be Yao Shun.

Translation: As long as you are willing to work hard, everyone can become a great saint like Yao Shun.

28. The old man is old, and the man is old; the young man is young, and the man is young.

Translation: Respect and love the elders of others, just like respecting and loving your own elders; Love and care for the children of others as much as you love your own children.

29. The poor are left alone, and the poor are good for the world.

Translation: When you are not determined, you will clean yourself and cultivate your personal morality, and when you have ambition, you will benefit the world, so that everyone in the world can do this.

30. The rich and the noble cannot be adulterous, the poor cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent, which is called a great husband.

Translation: Money and status do not confuse and corrupt themselves, poor and poor do not change their ambitions, and powerful forces do not allow themselves to submit to defection, this is the big husband.

31. Be kind, do not give in to the teacher.

Translation: When encountering a good thing that should be done, you can't hesitate, even if the teacher is on the side, you should rush to do it. It later developed into the idiom "don't give in".

32. A gentleman desires to be content with words and sensitive to deeds.

Translation: A gentleman does not talk about it, but he is quick and dexterous in doing things.

33. Is it not a gentleman who does not know and is not ashamed?

Translation: If I have achieved something that others do not understand, I will never feel angry or aggrieved. Isn't this also a sign of gentlemanly demeanor?

34. What is said is to be believed, and what is done is to bear fruit.

Translation: If you say it, you must keep your word; if you decide what you want to do, you must resolutely and resolutely do it.

35. No will, no will, no solidity, no me.

Translation: Tell the facts, do not guess out of thin air; do not be arbitrary, not willful, feasible; act flexibly, not rigid; do not take "I" as the center of everything, do not think self-righteously, and work with the surrounding crowd to complete the task together.

36. In a three-person walk, we will have our teacher, choose what is good and follow it, and change it from what is not good.

Translation: When three people are together, one of them must be worth learning from me in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his strengths to study, and I will take his shortcomings and deficiencies as a warning, and if I have them, I will change them.

37. The gentleman asks for himself, and the little man asks for others.

Translation: People with gentleman's character, when encountering problems, first find reasons from themselves, and those little people, when there is trouble, always find ways to shirk responsibility, leave themselves, never reflect on themselves, find reasons from themselves.

38. He who commits self-violence shall not believe in himself, and he who abandons himself shall not do anything.

Translation: The person who harms himself cannot talk to him about worthwhile words; the person who abandons himself (extremely irresponsible to himself) cannot make a valuable career with him.

39. The afflictions of man are good teachers.

Translation: The problem of people is that they like to teach others and be other people's teachers. People who like to teach others are often self-righteous, think they are right, and have a lofty spirit.

40. Man has one power, and he has a hundred powers; man has ten powers, and he has a thousand.

- "The Mean"

Translation: If I spend hundreds of times, I will definitely be able to learn it. If I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

41. Eagerness to learn is almost knowledge, practice is almost benevolent, and shame is almost courageous.

Translation: Diligence and studiousness are close to wisdom, as long as you work hard to do anything, you are close to benevolence, and understanding that right and wrong, good and evil is a manifestation of courage.

42. Do not hide your virtue with shěng.

- "The Left Handbook"

Translation: When evaluating a person, you cannot erase his credit for a little negligence.

43. The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship of villains is as sweet as liquor.

- "Zhuangzi"

Translation: The interaction between gentlemen is as plain and pure as water, so that friendship will last; the interaction between villains is as thick and thick as sweet wine, but it will not last.

44. My life has an end, and my knowledge has no end.

Translation: My life is finite, and human knowledge is infinite.

45. The skillful know and the worried, and the incompetent want nothing.

Translation: Skilled people are tired, smart people are worried, and people without ability have no pursuit.

46. Insult but do not fight, insult also.

- "Gongsun Dragon Son"

Translation: When justice is insulted and bullied, it is a manifestation of shame to not come forward.

47. The of a thousand feet collapses in the nest of ants, and the chamber of a hundred feet burns with the smoke of the gap.

- "Han Feizi"

Translation: The thousand-mile levee, because there are ants digging holes, may collapse and break the embankment; the hundred-foot-tall building may be burned by a fire caused by the spark coming out of the gap in the chimney.

48. Do whatever you want, do whatever you want. He who desires to be unrestrained, his heart is unrestrained. Those who have no heart are unknowable.

- "Lü's Spring and Autumn"

Translation: Things come out of the heart, the mind comes at will, and if we do not observe things from the subtleties of the heart, we are often deceived by the appearance of things. Throughout the ancient and modern China and abroad, we will examine in detail the successes and failures of things. If you look deeper, you will find out. The development of things is often controlled by the desires of people.

49. Many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves.

Translation: If you do too many bad things, you will eventually kill yourself.

50. Whoever has no faults can change, and whoever is good is great.

Translation: People do not make mistakes, as long as they can correct their mistakes in time, it is the best.

51. Without accumulating steps, without going to a thousand miles, without accumulating small streams, there is no way to become a river and a sea.

- "Xunzi"

Translation: If you do not accumulate half a step and a step, you cannot go thousands of miles away, and if you do not gather the thin streams, you cannot form rivers and seas.

52. Learning is no more.

Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.

53. Knowing and asking, then being able to do so.

Translation: Smart people must also be diligent and inquisitive in order to become talents.

54. He who speaks is not guilty, but he who hears is enough to abstain.

- "Preface to the Poem"

Translation: The person who makes the criticism is not guilty. When you hear the criticism of others, you should carefully reflect on yourself, correct what is wrong, and treat it as advice given to yourself by others if you are not wrong.

55. Good medicine is good for the mouth and good for the sick, and advice is good for the ear and good for deeds.

- "The Language of Confucius"

Translation: Good medicines taste bitter but are good for healing; words of advice and exhortation sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior.

56. All the hustle and bustle of the world is profitable, and all the hustle and bustle of the world is profitable.

- "The Chronicle of History"

Translation: People all over the world are bustling, all for the sake of profit (running for profit).

57. It is better to retreat to the net than to envy the fish.

- Book of Han

Translation: Standing at the edge of the deep pool, hoping to get the fish inside, it is better to go home and tie the net.

58. Preemptive strike, post-emptive strike.

Translation: The first attack can subdue the enemy, and then the battle will only be controlled.

59. Man is inherently mortal, and death is either heavier than Tarzan or lighter than Hong Mao.

- Han Sima Qian

Translation: After all, people inevitably die, but the value of death is different, dying for the people's just cause is heavier than Taishan, and those who are selfish and selfish, and those who harm others and benefit themselves die lighter than Hong Mao.

60. When a bird dies, his song mourns, and when a man dies, his words are good.

Translation: When the bird is about to die, its cry is mournful; when man is about to die, his words are also good.

61. The wise man will have a thousand worries, and he will lose one, and the fool will have a thousand worries.

Translation: No matter how smart a person is, in many times of consideration, there will be individual errors. And even the most stupid people, in many times of consideration, will definitely gain something.

62. What is ignorance in heaven, earth, self and son?

- Book of the Later Han Dynasty

Translation: Heaven knows, Earth knows, I know, you know, how can you say that no one knows?

63. The whole world knows that what is taken is to be taken, and the unknown is taken from it.

Translation: People think that only gaining something from others is a gain, but they don't know that giving to others is also a gain.

64. The wise abandon the short and take the long, so that they can do their work.

- The Book of the Later Han Dynasty

Translation: Smart people give up their weaknesses and play to their strengths in order to succeed.

65. Do not do evil for the sake of evil, and do not do nothing of good in the small.

- Romance of the Three Kingdoms

For any one thing, do not do it because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, for something small. But a good thing that is beneficial to others, don't do it because it doesn't mean much.

66. Read a hundred times and see for yourself.

Translation: Reading a book must be read many times in order to understand the meaning of the book.

67. A gentleman stands tall, though he has done a hundred deeds, but sincerity and filial piety are the most important.

- Book of Sui and Emperor Wenji

Translation: A gentleman is established in society, and although there are many aspects of character that need to be cultivated, only sincerity and filial piety are the most important.

68. With copper as a mirror, you can wear a crown; with the ancient as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall; with people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses.

- Old Book of Tang

Translation: Using copper as a mirror can straighten clothes and hats; with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall and replacement; with people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses.

69. Those who become far-sighted do not sympathize with their grievances, and those who do great things do not care about prudence.

- "History of the Ming Dynasty"

Translation: People with long-term plans should not worry about the little complaint in front of them, and those who do big things do not have to worry about small things.

70. The wise see danger in the invisible, and the wise see misfortune in the undeveloped.

The wise man foresees danger before it has formed, and the wise man perceives it before it has even occurred.

71. A gentleman with a sense of righteousness, a villain.

- Book of Jin

Translation: Morality can move a gentleman, and interests can move a villain.

72. If it is too strong, it will be folded, and it will be no vain.

Translation: Too rigid will break, and there will be no disciples if you are extremely discerning.

73. Success or failure is a matter of course.

- "History of the South"

Translation: Success and failure are mutually causal, and the world will not be peaceful forever.

74. Leaving behind one's children with innocence is not a generous one.

Translation: Isn't it also a very heavy fortune to leave the quality of being innocent to future generations?

75. A good word is warm in three winters, and a bad word hurts people in June.

- "Augmenting the Sages"

Translation: A good and beneficial sentence can make the listener feel warm even in the cold of three winters; on the contrary, the harsh and vicious language that hurts the feelings and self-esteem of others can make people feel cold even on a hot June day.

76. Good and evil are at the mercy of others, and misfortune is at their own disposal.

Translation: Good things and bad things are done by oneself, and disasters and happiness are all brought by one's own words and deeds.

77. Those who are ill-informed are eager to learn, and those who are ashamed to ask questions are complacent.

——Lin Kui's "Record of Saving Hearts"

Translation: People who know their inadequacies and study hard are smart, and people who are not easy to ask and are proud and complacent are shameful.

78. Broad-minded and approximate, thick and thin.

--Su Shi

Translation: Read widely, learn more about people and things in ancient and modern China and abroad, and firmly remember the good parts; accumulate a large amount of knowledge materials, and when you need to use them, you can choose and use them very freely and appropriately.

79. When the book is used, there is little hatred, and it is not difficult to know whether it is necessary to go through it.

--Chen Tingzhuo

Translation: Knowledge is always too inadequate when applied, and many things are not known how difficult it is without experiencing it firsthand.

80. The stupid bird flies into the forest first, and the stupid person learns diligently and grows early.

- "Awakening Maxim"

A slow bird that takes off early will fly into the woods earlier than other birds, and a person who is not smart enough can become a tree earlier than others as long as he works hard.

81. Shushan has a path of diligence and diligence, and there is no end to learning the sea.

Translation: Diligence is a shortcut to the peak of knowledge, and only by not being afraid of hardship can we swim freely in the ocean of knowledge.

82. Learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you retreat.

Translation: Learning should be constantly enterprising, constantly working hard, just like a boat sailing against the current, if you don't try to move forward, you can only retreat.

83. Karma is good at diligence, and absurdity is in play; what is done is thought, and what is destroyed is destroyed.

- Han Yu

Translation: Career or academic success lies in hard work and diligence. Too playful, relax the requirements will achieve nothing; To act as a person, you must think carefully and think carefully in order to achieve something. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure.

84. There are three ways to read: the heart, the eyes, and the mouth.

--Zhu Xi

Translation: Thinking with your heart, looking carefully with your eyes, reading with your mouth, and doing all three aspects in place is the real reading.

85. There is a strong middle hand in the strong, and there is no exaggeration in front of people.

- "Cautionary Tales"

Translation: Although you are a strong person, there must be someone stronger than you, so don't be proud and complacent in front of others and boast about yourself.

86. The black hair did not know how to study early, and bai Shoufang regretted that he was late in studying.

- "Persuasion"

Translation: When you are young, you don't know how to seize the time to study diligently, but when you are old, you want to study but it is too late.

87. The world is worried and worried, and the world is happy afterwards.

——Fan Zhongyan, "The Record of Yueyang Lou"

Translation: When sharing worries for the country, be more anxious than others, and when enjoying happiness and happiness, let others go first and put yourself behind.

88. The lowly do not dare to forget the country.

——Lu You, "Sick Book"

Translation: Although I have a low status, I have never forgotten the responsibility of worrying about the country and the people.

89. Whoever lives since ancient times has not died, keeps Dan in his heart.

——Wen Tianxiang, "Crossing Zero Ding Yang"

Translation: Since ancient times, no one will inevitably die, so leave a piece of patriotic boldness and loyalty in the annals of history!

90. Things that benefit the nation are avoided.

--Ming Lü Kun, "Moaning Words, Scrolls"

Translation: Do what is good for the country courageously, even if there is a danger of death.

91. It is difficult to sacrifice one's body to go to the country, and death is suddenly returned.

——Three Kingdoms Cao Zhi, "White Horse Chapter"

Translation: To give his life in order to relieve the nation's difficulties, he sees death as a homecoming.

92. The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the puppeteer.

——Gu Yanwu

Translation: The prosperity and decline of a country, everyone has a great responsibility.

93. The sound of the wind, the rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; the affairs of the family, the state, the affairs of the world, everything is concerned.

--Ming Gu Xiancheng

Translation: The sound of the wind, the sound of rain, and the sound of reading all enter our ears, so as a reader, family affairs, state affairs, the affairs of the world, all kinds of things should be concerned, can not just die reading.

94. The sheep have the grace to kneel, and the crow has the righteousness to feed back.

Translation: The lamb has the act of kneeling down to accept the mother's milk, the little crow has the love of feeding the mother crow, and the child must know how to filial piety to the parents.

95. An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of gold.

--Kim Zoe Bow

Translation: Every inch of the motherland's mountains and rivers is more precious than an inch of gold, and it must not be allowed to be given to outsiders.

96. If you want to settle down in your home, you must first settle down in your country.

- Wu Zetian

Translation: If you want to build a happy home, you must first make the country stable and prosperous.

97. When the great husband is in the world, when the world is swept away, what is the matter of peace?

--Han Chen

Translation: People with ambitions should dare to fight against all kinds of behaviors that are not good for the country, and how can they be satisfied with only dealing with the small things of their own small family?

98. Worried about the country and forgetting the family, sacrificing one's life to help the difficulties, and the aspirations of loyal subjects.

——Three Kingdoms Cao Zhi, "Table of Self-Sincerity"

Translation: Worrying about the country's major events and forgetting the small family, and sacrificing one's life to save the country from danger, these are the aspirations of loyal subjects.

99. Born as a master, and died as a ghost.

——Li Qingzhao, "Summer Sentences"

Translation: Be a hero when you are alive, and be a hero after you die.

100. When the seasons are poor, they are seen, and they are all green.

--Song Wen Tianxiang

Translation: The indomitable integrity of the times is displayed in times of difficulty, and one by one is recorded in the annals of history, and it will be famous in future generations.

Source: Shanghai High School Essay and Reading

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