I. Original text
A gentleman's journey is quiet to cultivate one's morality, and frugal to cultivate one's morality. Not cold, not awake, not quiet, not far away. If you study quietly, you must study. If you don't study, you won't learn widely. If you have no ambition, you can't succeed.
If you are slow, you can't be energetic, and if you are dangerous, you can't be radical. Time goes by, meaning goes by, and then becomes withered, not meeting the world, and staying in a poor house sadly. What will happen?
Second, translation.
The character of a person with both ability and political integrity depends on inner peace and concentration to cultivate body and mind, and on self-discipline and frugality to cultivate morality. If you don't look down on the immediate gains and losses of fame and fortune, you won't have a clear and firm ambition if you have distractions; If you can't study quietly and concentrate on your studies, you can't realize your lofty ideals. You must calm down when you study, and you must keep learning in order to grow your talents. If you don't study hard, you can't increase your intelligence. If you don't have a clear ambition, you can't learn anything.
Pursuing excessive enjoyment and laziness can't cheer up the spirit; Reckless, frivolous and impetuous can't cultivate temperament. Over time, the will will wear away with the years, and finally it will age day by day like dead branches and leaves, which is useless to society. At that time, you were trapped in your poor little house and sighed sadly. How could you possibly make it in time?
Appreciation of the Book of Commandments:
The Ten Commandments is also a family instruction full of wisdom and a masterpiece of ancient family instructions. Elaborated the profound truth of self-cultivation and scholarship. It can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's summary of his life, and later became a famous piece of self-cultivation and determination to get married. The main purpose of "The Book of Commandments" is to persuade my son to study hard and be determined, and to cultivate self-cultivation should work hard from indifference and tranquility, and avoid laziness and impatience. Summarize the experience of being a man and doing research, focus on the word "quiet", and at the same time attribute the failure to the word "mania", which is in sharp contrast.