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?
"If you are not indifferent, you will have no ambition. If you are not quiet, you will be far away." From the Book of Commandments written by Zhuge Liang to his 8-year-old son Zhuge Zhan at the age of 54. This is not only a summary of Zhuge Liang's life experience, but also a requirement for his son. Here Zhuge Liang used the sentence pattern of "double negation" and expressed his teaching and infinite expectations for his son in a strong euphemistic tone. In modern words: "If you don't look down on the immediate fame and fortune, you won't have a clear ambition. If you can't study calmly and concentrate on your studies, you can't achieve your lofty goals. "
Indifference is actually looking down on fame and fortune.
A clear ambition is to show a clear ambition.
Peace is (let yourself be calm and quiet, do things and be a man)
What is far, what is achieved and what is achieved are actually far, that is, lofty goals. Together, it is far-reaching to achieve lofty goals.
I think calligraphers practice these words to pursue a realm.