Full text of Zhuge Liang's command letter

! The original text of Zhuge Liang's book of commandments

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 withers and dies, and never meets the world. What will happen if they continue to be poor?

This is how people with moral cultivation practice. They perfect themselves through meditation and introspection, and cultivate their noble character through thrift and saving money. If you don't be indifferent to fame and fortune, you can't make your ambition clear and firm, and if you are not stable and quiet, you can't study hard for a long time to realize your lofty ideals. To learn true knowledge, we must study and discuss it peacefully, and human talents are accumulated from continuous learning; If you don't study hard, you can't grow and develop your talents; Without a firm will, you can't succeed in your studies. If you indulge in debauchery and neglect negatively, you can't encourage your mind to cheer up; If you are impatient, you can't cultivate your temperament and make your moral integrity noble. If we waste it year after year, the volunteers' time will eventually become as old as dead leaves. Such people will not contribute to social development, but will only be sadly trapped in their poor home, and it will be too late to regret it.

Note (1): It's never too late to find money-talk about it. Later, it was extended to greeting, meeting, receiving and continuing. The "connection" in this sentence means contact. For example, in ancient Chinese, "the blades are connected" and "the wrong hub is short." "Connecting with the world" means contacting the society and making contributions to social development.

(2) Learn from Zhuge Liang's command book.