Meaning: Spring rain falls quietly at night with the spring breeze, moistening everything in the earth silently.
Scholars must seek teachers, and teachers are essential. -Song Chengyi?
Meaning: People engaged in academic research must worship Master, and they cannot choose to worship Master casually.
Silkworms in spring will weave until they die, and candles will drain the wick every night. -Don Li Shangyin "Untitled"
Moral: Spring silkworms don't stop spinning when they die, and they don't stop crying when the candles are burned out.
I quit my job and go home, just like a flower falling from a branch, but this is not a heartless thing. It can be turned into the soil of spring and can also play a role in nurturing the next generation. -Zhou Taigong Family Education
I quit my job and went home, just like a flower falling from a branch, but it was not a heartless thing. It has become the soil of spring and can also play a role in cultivating the next generation.
Once a teacher, always a father. -Zhou? Taigong Family Education in Jiang Taigong
Meaning: Even a teacher who has only taught himself for one day will be a father all his life.
Learning to get a teacher is expensive, but getting friends is also expensive. -Tang Ming Zhen's Collection of Books and Lectures.
Meaning: It is precious to learn under the guidance of famous teachers, and it is also precious to get real friends.