Ancient Chinese Prose for Life Insights
Introduction: The beauty of ancient Chinese language contains the Chinese people’s interest in life, Chinese people’s survival wisdom, and Chinese people’s cultural character. Let’s read the following ancient passages about life insights that I share with you. What kind of insights into life can it bring to you?
Ancient passages about life insights
1: Ten years of trees, a hundred years tree people. (Guan Zi Quan Xiu)
2: Don’t forget the knowledge of poverty and lowliness, and the wife of chaff will not go to court. (Book of the Later Han·Song Hongzhuan)
3: The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is almost dusk. (Tang·Li Shangyin·Le Youyuan)
4: Sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening things silently. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, Happy Rain on a Spring Night)
5: When traveling on the great road, the world is for the common good. (Book of Rites·Liyun)
6: Since ancient times, no one has died, and his loyalty will be remembered by history. (Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang, Crossing the Lingding Ocean)
7: If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles. (Xunzi·Encouragement to Learning)
8: Zhuang Sheng was fascinated by butterflies in his morning dream, and looked forward to the emperor's spring heart entrusted to the cuckoo. (Li Shangyin, Tang Dynasty, Jinse)
9: The five mountains are shaken when the pen is written in high spirits, and the poem becomes a smile proudly reaching the sea. (Li Bai, Tang Dynasty, Jiang Shangyin)
10: Thousands of households always replace old talismans with new peaches. (Wang Anshi, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty)
11: When three people walk together, there must be a teacher: choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. (The Analects of Confucius·Shuer)
12: After being in a cage for a long time, you can return to nature. (Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming, One of the Returning Gardens and Fields)
13: There are few willow trees blowing on the branches, and there are no fragrant grasses anywhere in the world. (Song Dynasty, Su Shi, Die Lianhua)
14: Many words make gold, but accumulation destroys bones. (Historical Records·Biography of Zhang Yi)
15: There is no one in the deep alley as the sun sets, and pear blossoms are seen blooming from time to time. (Dai Shulun, Tang Dynasty, Guo Liuxi Taoist Academy)
16: I will not hesitate to go to Dong Dao, but I will fall into a coma for the rest of my life. (Qu Yuan·Shejiang)
17: I advise God to cheer up and send talents of any kind. (Miscellaneous poems by Gong Zizhen and Ji Hai in the Qing Dynasty)
18: Sparse shadows lie across the clear and shallow water, and a faint fragrance floats in the moonlit dusk. (Song Dynasty Lin Bu Shanyuan Xiaomei)
19: Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward. (Five Dynasties·Li Yu·Yu Meiren)
20: The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year. (Liu Xiyi of the Tang Dynasty)
21: As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. (Yu Shao of the Yuan Dynasty)
22: There is no beginning for failure, and there is an end for failure. (The Book of Songs·Daya·Dang)
23: The wind is rustling and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone. (Warring States Policy·Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin)
24: Don’t have sorrow and hatred. At this time, silence is better than sound. (Tang·Bai Juyi·Pipa Xing)
25: After thousands of grindings and blows, the strength is still strong, regardless of the wind from east to west, north or south. (Zheng Banqiao, Qing Dynasty, Bamboo and Stone)
26: The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. (Qu Yuan·Li Sao)
27: If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. (Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty, Climbing the Stork Tower)
28: The setting clouds and the solitary swans fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky. (Preface to Prince Teng’s Pavilion by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty)
29: Cage the heaven and earth within the shape, suppress all things in the pen. (Jin·LuJi·Wenfu)
30: The boundless falling trees rustle, and the endless Yangtze River rolls in. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, Denggao)
31: On the moonlit night of Twenty-four Bridges, where can the beautiful lady teach me how to play the flute? (Du Mu, Tang Dynasty, sent to Judge Han in Yangzhou)
32: The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. (New Book of Tang, Biography of Yuan Xingchong)
33: A leopard can be seen in a tube, and something can be seen from time to time. (Book of Jin·Biography of Wang Xianzhi)
34: The noisy cicada forest is more quiet, and the bird singing mountain is more secluded. (Southern Dynasties·Kingdom·Entering Ruoye River)
35: If you don’t go to celebrate your father, the disaster will not end. (Zuo Zhuan)
36: The yellow bell was destroyed and the cauldron thundered. (Chu Ci·Bu Ju)
37: The bullets are noisy and mixed, and big and small beads fall on the jade plate. (Tang·Bai Juyi·Pipa Xing)
38: Suddenly a spring breeze came overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloomed. (Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty and Bai Xuege sent Judge Wu back to the capital)
39: Great uprightness is like flexing, great skillfulness is like clumsiness, great argumentation is like indolence. (Lao Tzu)
40: Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, and leisure can destroy one's life. (Preface to the biography of Ling Guan by Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty)
41: A slightest mistake is a thousand miles away. (Historical Records·Tai Shigong's preface)
42: There is a reason for holding it, and it makes sense. (Xunzi·Fei Twelve Sons)
43: Live as a hero, and die as a ghost. (Li Qingzhao, Song Dynasty, Summer Quatrains)
44: Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect the flowers.
(Miscellaneous Poems by Gong Zizhen and Ji Hai of the Qing Dynasty)
45: At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the midnight bell rang for the passenger ship. (Tang·Zhang Ji·Fengqiao Night Mooring)
46: The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoofs, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. (Tang·Mengjiao·After Enrollment)
47: Bai Ye’s poems are invincible, and his thoughts are unparalleled. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, Recalling Li Bai in Spring)
48: The new pine trees hate to be a thousand feet high, and the evil bamboos must be cut down to ten thousand poles. (Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty)
49: The mountains end with the plains, and the river flows into the wilderness. (Li Bai, Tang Dynasty, farewell at Dujingmen)
50: If his body is upright, he will not do what he is told; if his body is not upright, he will not follow his orders. (The Analects of Confucius·Zilu)
51: Although it is hard work to search for thousands of pounds, you will only get gold after blowing all the sand. (Liu Yuxi, Tang Dynasty, Langtaosha)
52: Whoever speaks of the heart of an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring. (Tang·Mengjiao·Wandering Ziyin)
53: The tower near the water gets the moon first, and the flowers and trees facing the sun are easy to spring. (Song Dynasty·Yu Wenbao·Qing Ye Lu)
54: Articles are written for the time, and songs and poems are written for the occasion. (Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty and Yuan Jiu Shu)
55: The same voice corresponds to the same spirit, and the same spirit responds to each other. (Book of Changes·Qian)
56: He came out after calling for thousands of times, still holding the pipa and half covering his face. (Bai Juyi, Tang Dynasty, Pipa Xing)
57: After exhausting oneself, one will die. (Three Kingdoms·Zhuge Liang·Later came out as a teacher)
58: If you want to take it, you must take it first. (Laozi)
59: In the southeast corner of Wu and Chu, the universe floats day and night. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, Climbing Yueyang Tower)
60: The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. (Zhuangzi)
61: Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made Lu small, and climbed the Taishan Mountain and made the world small. (Mencius: With all my heart)
62: If I want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, I will climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang. (Li Bai, Tang Dynasty, Difficulty in Traveling)
63: If the love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night? (Song Dynasty, Qin Guan, Magpie Bridge Immortal)
64: The clothes are getting wider and wider, but I don’t regret it at all. I feel haggard because of the beauty. (Song Dynasty, Liu Yong, Feng Qiwu)
65: The lonely smoke is straight in the desert, and the sun is setting in the long river. (Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to the fortress)
66: I have a fascination that I can’t do. When the rooster sings, the whole world becomes white. (Li He, Tang Dynasty, Zhijiu Shop)
67: An iron shoulder carries morality and justice, and a skillful hand writes articles. (Yang Jisheng of the Qing Dynasty)
68: Passion has hurt parting since ancient times, and it is even more embarrassing to neglect the Qingqiu Festival. (Song Dynasty, Liu Yong, Yu Linling)
69: Don’t worry about poverty and lowliness, don’t be obsessed with wealth. (Biography of Mr. Wu Liu, Tao Yuanming, Eastern Jin Dynasty)
70: Be tireless in learning and teaching. (The Analects of Confucius·Shuer)
71: Cut off the water with a knife, and the water will flow more; raise a cup to relieve sorrow, and the sorrow will become even more sorrowful. (Tang·Li Bai·Xuanzhou Xie Tiao's Farewell Secretary Shu Yun)
72: Riding on the red dust concubine laughed, no one knew it was lychee. (Du Mu, Tang Dynasty, Quatrains from Passing the Huaqing Palace)
73: Proficiency comes from hard work and waste from play, success comes from thinking and destruction from following. (Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, Jin Xue Jie)
74: They are born from the same roots, so there is no need to rush into conflict. (Three Kingdoms·Cao Zhi·Seven-step Poetry)
75: There are many things that have happened through the ages, long and long. The Yangtze River is endless. (Song Dynasty·Xin Qiji·Nanxiangzi)
76: The great river goes eastward, the waves are exhausted, and the romantic figures of the ages are revealed. (Song Dynasty, Su Shi, Niannujiao, Battle of Chibi)
77: Hearing the broken willows in this nocturne, who can't help feeling the love of his hometown. (Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, Listening to the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night)
78: You must remember the good times of the year, the most beautiful ones are orange and green. (Given to Liu Jingwen by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty)
79: The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold. (Du Fu, Spring View of the Tang Dynasty)
80: The sky is connected with the clouds and waves, and the dawn fog is connected, and the stars are about to turn and a thousand sails are dancing. (Li Qingzhao, Song Dynasty, Yu Jia Ao)
81: The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in Yanshan Mountain is like a hook. (Li He, Ma Shi of the Tang Dynasty)
82: I miss my home and stand up at night when the moon is clear, and recall my younger brother sleeping in the white sun while watching the clouds. (Du Fu, Tang Dynasty, Hate Farewell)
83: The clouds miss the clothes, the flowers miss the face, the spring breeze blows the threshold and the dew is thick. (Li Bai, Qingping Diao of the Tang Dynasty)
84: The human face does not know where to go, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. (Tang Dynasty Cui Hu·titled Capital City Nanzhuang)
85: There will be strong winds and waves, and the cloud sails will be hung directly to help the sea. (Li Bai, Tang Dynasty, Difficulty Traveling)
86: Sima Zhao’s heart is known to everyone on the road. (Western Jin Dynasty·Chen Shou·Three Kingdoms)
87: The country is based on the people, and the people rely on food. (Western Jin Dynasty·Chen Shou·Three Kingdoms)
88: Don’t wait for a while, the young man’s head will turn gray, and he will feel empty and sad. (Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, Man Jiang Hong)
89: Everything will be successful if it is forewarned, and it will be ruined if it is not forewarned. (Book of Rites, Doctrine of the Mean)
90: The orioles sing in thousands of miles, the green reflects the red, and the wine flags in the mountains and rivers in the water village are in the wind.
(Du Mu, Jiangnan Spring Quatrains of the Tang Dynasty)
91: Teachers, so they preach and learn karma to resolve doubts. (Tang·Han Yu·shi said)
92: Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. (Gu Yanwu, Rizhilu, Qing Dynasty)
93: It is a joy to learn and practice from time to time. (The Analects of Confucius·Xueer)
94: Everyone is destined to die, and it may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. (Historical Records: Report to Ren Shaoqing)
95: The mountain air is getting better day and night, and the birds are returning to each other. (Eastern Jin Dynasty·Tao Yuanming·Drinking)
96: Don’t laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times! (Words by Wang Han, Liangzhou, Tang Dynasty)
97: The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly has already stood on it. (Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli, Xiaochi)
98: Every word looks like blood, ten years of hard work is unusual. (Qing Dynasty·Cao Xueqin·Dream of Red Mansions)
99: In the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is achieved thousands of miles away. (Historical Records·The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu)
100: I have a good heart, and even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets.
(Qu Yuan·Li Sao) ;