Since ancient times, people have been driven to reliance, and in a word, gold is valued more than gold.
Today, people must be Shang Yang, who can make politics imperative.
vernacular interpretation: from ancient times to the present, managing the people lies in keeping promises and keeping promises. Shang Yang is very trustworthy, putting a word first and a hundred gold first. How can you opponents of the political reform accuse Shang Yang casually? If there is Shang Yang's indomitable spirit, how can the new law not be promoted smoothly?
2. Three Kingdoms Cao Zhi's A Gentleman's Travel
A gentleman takes precautions and is not in a suspicious room.
if Gua Tian doesn't accept the shoes, Li won't be crowned properly.
vernacular interpretation: when passing through Gua Tian, don't bend down to lift your shoes; Walk under the plum tree, don't raise your hand to tidy your hat, lest others suspect you of stealing melons and picking plums. In order to explain that we should pay attention to avoiding the places that are prone to suspicion when doing anything.
3. Tang Lu Zhaolin's "Nine Chapters of Zhonghe Music, the Ninth General Song"
If someone cares about heaven, loyalty is clothing, and trust is clothing.
Vernacular interpretation: There are beautiful women waiting in the distance, and I take loyalty and credit as my clothes.
4. Tang Li Bai's "Rewarding Cui Wulang"
Haiyue can still lean, but he will never change his promise.
vernacular interpretation: the sea can dry up, the mountains can collapse, and the promises made can never be changed.
5. The Book of Rites Confucianism
does not treasure gold and jade, but faithfulness is the treasure.
vernacular translation: don't treat gold and jade as treasures, but loyalty and credit are the treasures.
6. If you don't have a strong will, you won't be wise, and if you don't believe it, you won't succeed. -Mo Zhai, a thinker of the Warring States Period
7. Correspondence between inside and outside, matching words with deeds. -Han Fei, philosopher and educator in the Warring States Period
8. Goodness is not foreign, and fame cannot be made in vain. -Qu Yuan, a poet of the Warring States Period