Explanation: This idiom tells us that no matter what we do, we must finish what we started and stick to it in a down-to-earth manner, otherwise, although we have almost succeeded, all our efforts will be wasted. Many aphorisms and aphorisms that inspired people to persevere in the past dynasties came from this sentence, such as "Efforts can make mountains, from less to more, don't be afraid of trouble".
Source: Shangshu? Travelling mastiff
The less letters I hear, the more true the facts are.
Explanation: virtual: false. What you hear is not credible, but what you see is true and reliable.
Source: "A single spark can start a prairie fire and stride to a new height": "At that time, I still lacked understanding, but I also knew that most comrades were used to seeing is believing, and" I am afraid to shop around if I don't know the goods. "
There are rewards, and there are people who dare to come out.
Explanation: [explanation] means that with a large reward, someone will dare to come out and do things.
Source: [Source] "The Biography of Geng Chun in the Later Han Dynasty": "Reward sweet bait, you can gather people." Li Xi' an quoted Huang Shigong Ji: "There must be a hanging fish under the bait, and there must be a dead husband under the reward."
Smart people are careful about problems and mistakes.
Explanation: [explanation] means that smart people think deeply about the problem and make mistakes inevitably.
Source: [Source] "Old Tang Shu Yu Wenrong Biography": "I heard that wise people are worried or lost; If you are a fool, you will get one. "
Different people have different views on the same thing; Opinions on the same thing vary.
Explanation: Different people have different opinions. Different people have different views on the same problem from different positions or angles.
Source: On the Book of Changes: "The benevolent sees it as benevolence, and the knower sees it as knowledge."
I only know one, but I don't know the other.
Explanation: [explanation] describes incomplete understanding. To "know only one, but not the other".
Source: [Source] Mao Dun's Frosty Leaves as Red as February Flowers V: "Haha, you only know one, but you don't know the other. Do you think you should buy land before building a house, or build a house before buying land? "
seek/be after fame and wealth
Commentary: [Commentary] Chao: The imperial court. City: market. Strive for fame in the imperial court and care about profit and loss in the market. Which is fame and fortune.
Source: [Source] "Warring States Policy Qin Ce I": "I heard that those who compete for fame are in the DPRK and those who compete for profits are in the city."
Measure your own heart with your own heart.
Interpretation: [Interpretation] Use your own ideas to guess other people's minds.
Source: [Source] The golden mean "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" Song Zhuxi's note: "It's no different to treat people with your own heart, then the Tao is not far from people. So don't do to others what you don't want. "
Satire and infatuation with precious false hermits
Commentary: [Commentary] Wei Que: The tall building outside the ancient palace gate was once synonymous with the imperial court. The dismissed old man is still thinking about going to court. Later, it was often used to satirize a false hermit who was obsessed with fame and fortune.
Source: [Source] "Zhuangzi Qinwang": "The body is above the rivers and seas, and the heart is under Wei Que."
Ning comes first, not after Lenkel.
Interpretation: [Interpretation] Metaphorically speaking, it is better to be on the small head than behind the big one. It's the same as "it's better to be a chicken mouth than a cow queen".
Source: [Source] Zhang's "Social Interpretation of Business Exchange": "It is better to be a chicken mouth than a cow queen, and it is better to be satisfied with others."