Ancient book quotes and sayings in layman's terms

1. As cutting as polishing, as carving as grinding . (诗经卫风洪奥)

指做玉石的方法，要锯子切，锉子磋，再慢慢雕琢，最后磨光。

Metaphorically, to do learning, one must also cut and polish like jade.

2. The stone of other mountains can attack jade. (Poetry Scriptures, Xiao Ya, Crane Song)

The stone on its mountain can be used to sharpen jade. It refers to learning from each other and complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses.

3. conscientious as thunder and lightning . (诗经大雅 云汉)

形容做事谨慎、勤恳

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4.言之者无罪，闻之者足戒。 (Psalms, Classic of Poetry, Great Preface)

The one who advances a word is not guilty, and the one who hears it is sufficient to cause caution.

5. Auxiliary vehicles are dependent on each other, and the lips die with the teeth cold . (Zuo Zhuan)

The straight wood outside the wheel and the car depended on each other, and when the lips were gone, the teeth felt cold. The word "auxiliary" refers to the straight wood outside the wheel. (A metaphor for the close relationship between the two, and the interests and benefits are related.)

6. If the skin doesn't survive, the hair will be attached to it. (Zuozhuan)

Without the skin, where will the hair grow? The word "fu" means "attached", which means to be attached to, or to be close to. (It is a metaphor that things cannot exist if they have lost their foundation.)

7. If words are not written, actions are not far away. (Zuo Zhuan)

Speaking without literary style will not spread far.

8. If you don't forget the past, you can learn from the future. (Strategies of the Warring States)

It is often used to indicate that one should remember the lessons of the past as a reference for later actions.

9. It is not too late to mend the folds of a sheep. (Strategies of the Warring States)

It is not too late to mend the sheep's fold after they have been lost. The metaphor is that a mistake should be remedied in time afterward.

10. The snipe and the clam are fighting for each other, and the fisherman gets the benefit. (Strategies of the Warring States)

Refers to a trap environment, do not be too competitive with the opponent, so as not to forget the larger, **** the same enemy.

11. Those who are benevolent are said to be benevolent, and those who know are said to know. (Zhou Yi)

A benevolent person observes things and sees their "benevolent" side; a wise person observes things and sees their "wise" side.