1, "There is nothing to say if you don't learn' poetry'; If you don't learn' ceremony', you can't stand. " -The Analects of Confucius Jishi
Interpretation: If you don't learn the Book of Songs, you won't be able to speak in social communication; It is untenable not to learn manners and do things in society.
One day, Confucius was standing in the yard, and his son Kong Li was walking briskly with his head down. Confucius stopped him and asked, "Have you ever studied poetry?" Kong Li replied, "No". Confucius said, "If you don't learn poetry, how can you speak?" Kong Li went back to study poetry.
The next day, Kong Li met Confucius standing in the yard again. Confucius asked, "Have you learned etiquette?" Kong Li replied: "No." Confucius said, "If you don't learn manners, how can you be a man?" So Kong Li went back to practice the ceremony. This story is called "Xunting". Later, the ancients called it "Xunting" when the father reprimanded his son.
2. Liu Yun: If you want to be vertical, you can't be plump. The universe can reach its extreme, and it doesn't know its poverty. If you want to be satisfied, you will be limited. -Yan Zhitui's "Family Instructions of Yan Family in Southern and Northern Dynasties"
Interpretation: The Book of Rites says: "If you want to indulge yourself, you should not be full of ambition." The universe can reach the edge, but sex has no end. Only a little desire to know, set a limit.
3, the gentleman's trip, quiet to cultivate one's morality, to cultivate one's morality. Not cold, not awake, not quiet, not far away. Fu Xue, want to be quiet; Just, you have to learn. If you don't learn, you can't be versatile, and if you don't want to learn, you can't succeed. You can't study hard if you are slow, and you can't be rational if you are in danger. -The Book of Commandments by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms
Interpretation: This is a letter written by Zhuge Liang to his eight-year-old son in his later years. In this letter, Zhuge Liang asked his son to study hard, be inspirational and work hard on his indifferent and quiet cultivation. Don't be impetuous and behave absurdly. At the end of the article, he inculcated: "Young people who don't work hard are sad." Zhuge Liang worked hard day and night for Shu Han and had no time to take care of his son's education, so he wrote this letter to warn his son.
4. Take a natural and elegant step back and make the three points more calm. Endure a few carefree words and be happy for a while. I would rather pick tea in the mountains and touch wine in the flower street. Eating vegetable roots is light and tasty, so it's not surprising to observe the king's law. -Han Yu's family instructions in the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: From these family instructions, it is not difficult to see Han Yu's honest and frank personality, as well as his comfortable, carefree and philosophical attitude towards life. This is also what he wants to warn future generations.
5, the strictness of father and son, can not be embarrassed; Love with flesh and blood, not Jane. Jane doesn't accept filial piety, but she is lazy. -Yan Zhitui's "Family Instructions of Yan Family in Southern and Northern Dynasties"
Interpretation: father and son should be serious, but they should not be neglected; There should be love between flesh and blood, but it should not be simple. If you are slow, you can't do filial piety, and you will be ignored and left out.