1. Diligence and hard work, the first value is to get up early, the second value is perseverance; generals and generals have no talent, saints and heroes have no talent, as long as people are determined, everything can be done.
2. When Gaishi people study, they must first be ambitious, secondly knowledgeable, and thirdly perseverant. If you have ambition, you will not be willing to be humble. If you have knowledge, you will know that knowledge is endless and you cannot be self-sufficient in one thing. All three are indispensable.
3. If you can work hard and stand on your own feet, then you can study in a private school. You can study in a wilderness, in a lively place, and even if you have to work hard to feed hogs. If you can't work hard and stand on your own feet, then a private school is not suitable , that is, a pure land, a land of gods and immortals where no one can read. Why choose a location? Why choose the time? But ask yourself if your determination is true!
4. I want to stand firm step by step, but I need to know that others must also stand firm. This is called standing. If I want to be successful in everything, I need to know that others must be successful as well. This is called reaching. Today I am in good times, but I expect that there will be adverse times in the future. Today I use my arrogance to bully others, and I expect that in the future people will also use their arrogance to bully me, or my descendants. If you always use the word "forgiveness" to be wary of yourself and always leave room for others, you will have fewer thorns.
5. In silence, think carefully about the endless billions of years in the past and present. During this life, dozens of cold and heat are only a moment; Rest, the day is only one room, and the night is only one couch; the books of ancients and the writings of modern people are as vast as the sea, and what can be seen in life is only a hair in nine oxen; there are many things, good reputations, and many talents in life. What can be done is only an ear in Taicang.
If you know that the sky is long but what I have experienced is short, then you will encounter troubles and adversities, so you should be less patient and wait for them to settle; if you know that the earth is big but the place where I live is small, then you will encounter competition for glory and wealth. If you know that there are many books and there are few that I can see, you should not dare to rejoice in one thing, but you should choose the good and stick to it; if you know that there are many things changing and there are few that I can handle, then Don't dare to be proud of your fame, but think about promoting talents and work hard to achieve them. If this is the case, selfishness and complacency can be gradually eliminated.
6. Brothers and nephews in the family should only remember the eight characters of their grandfather, which are: "kao, treasure, breakfast, sweep, book, vegetable, fish, pig". There are eight more sayings in Yu Diary, saying: "Reading is based on exegesis, writing poetry is based on tone, serving relatives is based on pleasing one's relatives, maintaining one's health is based on abstaining from anger, establishing oneself is based on not lying, The principle of staying at home is not to worry, the principle of being an official is not to need money, and the principle of marching is not to disturb the people. "These eight principles are all based on my experience and I have firmly grasped them. I should also teach my nephews to keep them in mind, no matter what the world is. The government is in chaos, the family is rich or poor, but if it can keep the eight characters of Duke Xinggang and the remaining eight books, it can still be regarded as a high-class family.
7. The first is to be cautious and alone, the mind will be at ease; the second is to respect the master, and the body will be strong; the third is to seek benevolence, and people will be pleased; the fourth is to practice hard work, and the spirit will be respected.
8. There is a word of patience when reading the Bible. If you don't understand a sentence, don't read the next sentence. If you don't understand it today, you will read it tomorrow. If you don't understand it this year, you will read it next year. This is called patience. Don't stop when you are sleepy. If you get through this, you can make less progress. No matter how hard you advance, no matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you endure, you will eventually become prosperous and diligent. Regardless of the special characters, everything is extremely difficult, and the one who can get through it is a hero.
9. My brothers are studying at home, how can I study every day without thinking about it? Since the first day of October, I have determined to make a new beginning. Although I am as lazy as ever, I write my diary in regular script every day, read ten pages of history every day, and read ten pages of history every day. I occasionally chatted in my diary over tea. These three things did not stop for a day. On October 21, I vowed to quit smoking shisha forever. It has been two months since I stopped smoking, and it has become a natural habit. I have many self-reliance courses, but I am committed to memorizing occasional conversations over tea, reading ten chapters of history, and writing diaries in regular script. I vow to do these three things uninterrupted throughout my life.
10. The emotions of ordinary people are that they are not fond of leisure and hate work. No matter high or low, wise, stupid, old or young, they are all greedy for leisure and afraid of work. This is the same in ancient and modern times.
11. In any family, if the word "diligence and respect" can be maintained for a few points, it will not be unpopular; if there is no point at all, it will not be invincible. If the word "harmony" can be maintained for a few points, there will be no unhappiness; if there is no harmony, there will be no one who is invincible. Brothers, if you try these three words in the countryside and experience them with your relatives, you will definitely think that my words are correct.
12. Three kinds of happiness: working hard and taking a rest is the first kind of happiness; being calm and letting go of jealousy is the second kind of happiness; the sound of reading brings out gold and stone, which is the third kind of happiness.
13. The Eight Virtues: Diligence, Thrift, Strength, Ming, Loyalty, Forgiveness, Modesty and Hunfulness.
14. The success or failure of your life is all related to the virtuousness of your friends. Don’t be careless.
15. My grandfather also regarded cowardice as a great shame when he taught others. Therefore, in order for a man to stand on his own feet, he must be stubborn.
16. Being troubled and worried is the training of a hero, and you will become a hero. Li Shenfu always said that Yu was angry and never expressed his anger. He just endured and tried to strengthen himself. Because of the proverb: "A good man will knock out his teeth and swallow them with blood." These two words are the secret to gritting one's teeth for the rest of his life.
17. As the saying goes, eating for a while will make you wise. My progress in life is all when I am frustrated and humiliated. I must be inspirational, accumulate my energy and grow my wisdom. I must not be discouraged.
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18. There is no word for luxury when a family is ruined, there is no word for ease when a person is divorced, and there is no word for arrogance when people are unhappy.
19. All the mediocre people in the world, both ancient and modern, are defeated by the word laziness. The talented people in the world, ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word arrogance.
20. The defeat of a military force is either arrogance or laziness, and one of the two must be the same; the defeat of a wealthy family is either arrogance or laziness, one of the two.
21. The word to guard against arrogance has the first meaning of not laughing at others easily; the word to guard against laziness has the first meaning of not to laugh easily.
22. Taking farming and reading as the foundation is a long-term solution.
23. Reading scriptures, reading history, reading monographs, and giving lectures on theory are not easy for those who are determined. When the saint rises again, he will follow my words. However, this is only said by those with great ambitions.
24. It is also possible to practice calligraphy in "Thousand Character Essay", but it must be done consistently. If you post a hundred words every day without interruption, you will become a calligrapher in a few years.
25. Brothers must be diligent and respectful when teaching their children and nephews at home. No matter in troubled times, in every family. Those who are diligent and respectful will never be unhappy; those who are not diligent and respectful will never be invincible.
26. I do not hope that every generation will be rich and noble, but I hope that every generation will be talented. A scholar is the seed of reading and the signature of a noble family. The banner of etiquette and righteousness.
27. Reading is like digging a well. It is better to dig dozens of wells but not find a spring than to dig one well and find a spring. When studying, it is always important to memorize the classics and read history frequently. Every day has its own routine and progress. Never get tired of it and rejoice in new things. Don’t change this book to another one before you finish it.
28. The greatest way to remember the ancient saints is to be kind to others. To teach people with words is to teach them well; to educate people with virtue is to nourish people with kindness, both of which are good things to others. There is nothing greater than this in the way of being a king or minister; there is nothing greater than this in the way of being a disciple of Confucianism. Zhongni's teacher of impermanence is to do good to others; to do good to others is to do good to others. If you are not tired of doing it, you are doing good to others; if you are not tired of teaching, you are doing good to others.
29. In ancient times, great things were accomplished both on a grand scale and on a small scale.
30. Twelve styles of self-cultivation:
① Main respect: neat and serious, never careless. When there is nothing to do, the mind is in the cavity; when there is something to do, it is focused and undivided, like the rising sun.
② Sit quietly: No matter the time of day, sit quietly for half an hour, experience the benevolence of tranquility that generates yang and return, and stand in a straight position to concentrate on life, like the town of a tripod.
③Get up early: Get up at dawn, and don’t fall in love after waking up.
④Read the same book: Don’t read other books until you have finished reading one book, read here and there, just follow the outside world, and take ten leaves as a rule every day.
⑤Reading history: Bing purchased twenty-three histories and read ten leaves every day, even if something happened, he would not stop.
⑥Word of caution: Paying attention at all times is the first priority.
⑦ Nourishing Qi: Qi is stored in the Dantian, and there is nothing that cannot be said to others.
⑧Protection of health: Save time on labor, abstain from food and drink, and always take care of your health.
⑨The next day you will know his death: write down a story every day after tea. It is divided into moral gate, cultural gate, economic gate and art gate.
⑩ Don’t forget what you can do every month: compose several poems every month to test the amount of accumulated principles and whether the nourishment of Qi is sufficient.
⑾Writing: Write for half an hour after breakfast. Treat all writing and ink writing as your own homework, and do not leave it for tomorrow. The more it accumulates, the harder it will be to clear it up.
⑿ Not going out at night: exhausted from work, so quit!