Ancient texts are ancient prose,
In ancient Chinese, everyone uses the magic pen to make flowers,
Wrote many famous sentences in ancient Chinese,
Or philosophy, or homeland, or righteousness,
It profoundly affected the words and deeds of Chinese.
These fifteen classic verses,
The characters are pearls, influencing the Chinese people for thousands of years.
01
To be born is also what I want, and to be righteous is also what I want.
The two cannot be combined, and the one who sacrifices his life for righteousness is also.
—— Mencius, "Fish I Want"
Life is what I cherish, righteousness is what I cherish, and in the absence of both at the same time, I would rather give up my life for righteousness.
Mencius believed that "righteousness" was more important than life and worth paying for. In later generations, many benevolent people and heroes took "sacrificing their lives for righteousness" as their code of conduct, such as the Southern Song Dynasty national hero Wen Tianxiang, "Whoever lives since ancient times has not died, leave Dan heart to take care of Khan Qing" has been praised throughout the ages.
02
There was Bole, and then there was Maxima.
Maxima is often present, but Bole is not.
- Han Yu, "Horse Talk"
There is Bole in the world, and then there will be Maxima. Maxima often exists, but Bó Lè does not often have.
There is no shortage of talented people in this world, but there is a lack of those who identify and discover talented people. How sad and sad it is to have a talent in the air, but no one has found out, and there is no stage to show.
03
When the hundred rivers go east to the sea, when will they return to the west?
The young man did not try his best, and the old man was sad.
—— Han Le Fu "Long Song Line"
The rivers rush into the sea! The years have passed, there is no going back!
Time is gone, now do not cherish the time to study well, in the future can only be there to grieve for themselves.
04
Therefore, the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher,
A teacher does not have to be wise to a disciple.
There is a succession of hearings, and there is a specialization in the art,
That's it.
—— Han Yu, "The Master Says"
Students are not necessarily inferior to teachers, teachers are not necessarily more capable than students, there are early and late truths heard, learning skills have their own expertise, and so on.
Confucius said: If you are a threesome, you will have a teacher, and anyone who is better than himself or has a skill in tao and karma can be a teacher.
05
The mountain is not high, and the immortal is named.
The water is not deep, there are dragons and spirits.
Si is the Burrow, but Wu Dexin.
——Liu Yuxi's "Buried Room Ming"
It can not be high or low, the water can not be in depth, as long as there are immortals and dragons can be famous, then the Burrow can of course be famous because of the existence of people with high moral character.
The house is just a place to stay. True wise men and gentlemen do not live for fame and fortune. The ugliness of the house,
On the contrary, it will highlight the true color of a gentleman and a talented man.
A truly talented, a gentleman, no matter where he lives, it doesn't matter where he lives, the house is just a place to stay.
06
When old and strong, would you rather move the heart of the white head?
Poor and strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds.
—— Wang Bo, "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion"
When you are older, you should have more ambitions, how to give up your ambitions when you are white-haired. Instead of being in a difficult situation, you must be stronger and not give up your lofty ambitions.
The old and the strong, the poor and the strong, inspire many people to persevere to the end, and strive for the ideal to the end.
07
The world is worried and worried, and the world is happy and happy.
——Fan Zhongyan, "The Record of Yueyang Lou"
Officials (the author's identity at that time) should put the interests of the country and the nation in the first place, worry about the future and destiny of the motherland, and contribute to the happiness of the people under the heavens.
It is precisely because of this spirit, and it is precisely because of people like Fan Zhongyan who put the country first and the people first, that our nation will never cease to exist.
08
Do not rejoice in things, do not grieve with yourself.
Do not be happy or sad because of the good or bad of external objects and their own gains and losses.
When one can maintain a constant and indifferent state of mind, then, nothing can hurt him.
09
The meaning of drunkenness is not in wine, but also in the mountains and rivers.
——Ouyang Xiu's "Drunken Pavilion"
In the pavilion, the pleasure is not to drink, but to enjoy the scenery in the mountains; later used to express that the original intention is not here, but in other aspects, it also reflects the author's heart of forgiveness and benevolence.
Making fun in suffering and being at ease with encounters is Ouyang Xiu's philosophy of life, and it has also influenced many people in later generations.
10
Sorrow can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can die.
——Ouyang Xiu, "The Biography of the Five Dynasties of Shi Lingguan"
Sorrow and hard work can make a country prosperous, and coveting comfort and pleasure can lose one's life.
Thousands of years of feudal society have confirmed this truth. Not only the country, a family, an enterprise, worry and hard work is the root of prosperity, comfortable pleasure, do not think of enterprising is the beginning of the demise.
11
Give the only love lotus out of the mud without staining,
Mao Qinglian is not a demon,
Straight in the middle and out, not vines and no branches,
Fragrant far yiqing, pavilion net plant,
It can be viewed from a distance and cannot be desecrated.
——Zhou Dunyi, "Eilean Says"
In the world, the varieties of flowers can be described as hundreds of dazzling, but I love this lotus of strong character.
White petals, tender yellow flower buds, straight lotus stems, a quiet lotus flower comes into view.
Lotus, she was born with mud, but it seemed exceptionally pure and elegant. She was not as enchanting as a rose, not as noble as a lily, but her unique purity had to make the hundred flowers bow their heads and intoxicate all people.
As a human being, he should also be like a lotus, out of the mud and not stained, innocent, just and righteous.
12
Therefore the heavens will descend upon the Scythians,
He shall first suffer his heart and soul, and strain his bones and bones,
Hungry for its flesh, empty of its body, and messed with its deeds,
Therefore, the heart of forbearance has benefited what it cannot do.
—— Mencius, "Born of Sorrow, Died of Happiness"
For Heaven to place a heavy responsibility on someone, it must first cause him inner pain, make his bones and muscles tired, make him suffer from hunger, cause him to lose his skin, make him suffer from poverty, and disturb the actions that his people have already begun.
The suffering you have suffered and the tiredness you have suffered will eventually become light, illuminating the path under your feet
13
Karma is good at diligence, absurd in play;
What is done is thought, and what is destroyed is followed.
——Han Yu, "Advanced Learning Solution"
Study, because of diligent study, will become more and more refined; because of fun, it will become more and more wasted. Virtue is accomplished by independent thinking and corrupted by conformity.
Throughout the ages, reading has always been a hard thing, and Han Yu's two sentences have always inspired people who work hard to read and continue to study. If you want to achieve something, you must study diligently and think independently.
14
Pro-virtuous, far-fetched,
This ancestor Han so Xinglong also;
Pro-villain, far-reaching sage,
Since then, Han has fallen into decadence as well.
—— Zhuge Liang's "Table of Teachers"
As the saying goes: "Near Zhu is red, close to ink is black," only by being close to the sages can we listen to their opinions and suggestions extensively, draw rich nutrition from them, and only by alienating the villains can we avoid their adverse effects.
15
Long winds and waves will sometimes hang directly on the clouds and sails to the sea.
- Li Bai
I always believe that one day, I will be able to break the wind and waves, go farther, hang the cloud sails, and bravely move forward in the sea.
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