Interpretation of vernacular: Mount Tai does not allow soil, so it can be high; Rivers and seas can only be deep if they don't choose small streams.
Dynasty: Chu at the end of the Warring States Period
Author: Reese
Source: "The Book of Advice and the Order of Departure"
Second, a person's mind is narrow if he wants more, and wide if he wants less.
Vernacular interpretation: a person's mind is narrow when he has more desires, and wide when he has less desires.
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Author: Jin Ying
Source:. "Motto on the wall"
Third, people are not Yao and Shun, who can do the best.
Vernacular interpretation: people are not Yao and Shun, who can be perfect.
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Li Bai
Source:. Jingzhou and Han Shu.
Fourth, a gentleman is invincible in the vast sea, while a villain is complacent and invincible. .
Interpretation of the vernacular: the gentleman hears it, and it is vast, but there are big and small, from full of gas to infinitesimal. .
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Author: Xue Xuan
Source:? "Reading records? Gentleman? elf
Fifth, the gentleman is not very generous, and his chest swallows all rivers.
Interpretation of vernacular: a gentleman can't measure, and his chest swallows the river.
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Meng Jiao
Source:? To Uncle Pei Duan Gong.