There are good people in the world, but there must be bad people in the world. ("Warring States Mencius Teng Wengong")
When you are old and strong, you would rather be moved; Poverty is strong, not falling into the sky. (Tang "Teng Xu")
Hungry bait will eventually be abused by fishermen; Wings tied with heavy money will never fly high. At a distance from the sound, it is inevitable to make mistakes; Only with honesty and integrity can we succeed. Being an official, being honest and clean is the first difficulty. -[Jin] Yuan Haowen "Yuan Zhenshan Collection"
Honest, the people's table also; Greedy people are thieves of the people. -[Song] Bao Zheng's Begging for Bribery.
If civil servants don't love money, Chen Wu will die and the world will be peaceful. -[Song] Yue Fei
There is nothing like greed in the world, and a few people have missed their lives here. -[Song] Zhu
Although you can't go, you can save money. -The Warring States and Xunzi Rectification
Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant. -[Tang] Li Shangyin's "Ode to Historical Poems"
Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die. -[Song] Ouyang Xiu's Preface to the Lingguan of the Five Dynasties History
Things will rot first, and then insects will live; People must doubt first, and then enter it. -[Song] Su Shi's On Fan Zeng
Wealth can make people greedy, color can make people addicted, fame can make people pity, and potential energy can make people rely on it. Now that all four diseases have gone, are they in the dust? -[Song] Shao Yong's "Boys' Songs"
When you are old and strong, would you rather be moved? Poverty is strong, not falling into the sky. "[Tang]" Tengxu "
When people only think about greed, they will be soft-hearted, dizzy, miserable and dirty, and ruin their character for life. So the ancients took greed as their treasure. -"A Collection of Words and Actions" in Chen Hongmou's Political Heritage in the Qing Dynasty.
Impatience and selflessness, involving the examination room, relatives must forgive me;
The mirror is bright, but with words, it is still strange. -Qing Zhu Gui
Two sleeves into the breeze, quietly recalling this life's official career;
Lang will be with us when a good month comes. -The governor of Guizhou borrowed couplets in the Qing Dynasty.
There are hundreds of rivers and great tolerance; The wall stands a thousand miles, and it is just without desire. -Lin Zexu
Honest officials have no official pleasure, and talents don't bend over. -Ancient training couplets
Everyone is careless about small things, and it is enough not to be careless about big things.
I don't love money. I will understand when I come, and I will understand even more when I go. What do I care? -Qing Zhou Lengfeng
The official in the DPRK is ashamed to send it to the door, and the official outside is ashamed to be a person. -An official department in the Ming Dynasty signed its own couplet.
Mind should not offend heaven and earth, words and deeds should be left to future generations. -Ming and Yuan Chonghuan Union