Couplets on Family Style and Family Instructions

Without experience, it is better not to have children;

Raising an unfilial child is better than nothing.

This couplet is from Feng Menglong's Awakening the World in Ming Dynasty. Parents expect their children to succeed and make a difference.

02.

Cherish the spirit and leave this body as the universe;

Wandering around, when can I repay my loved ones?

Sun Sheng, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, was an official of the Ministry of Rites. His three sons are rich and addicted to debauchery and ignorance. Mrs. Sun is very worried about this. She wrote this couplet specially after careful consideration. The first link is expectation and the second link is warning. It is intended to persuade my son not to waste his spirit and time. He should be responsible for the world and live up to the kindness of his parents. It not only contains deep maternal love, but also embodies strict education.

03.

Bite a few useful books and you can eat and drink;

Cultivate several new bamboos as straight as children and grandchildren.

Written by Zheng Banqiao in Qing Dynasty. He teaches children to read some good books intensively and be a vigorous, open-minded and frank person like Hsinchu.

04.

State affairs should be regarded as internal affairs;

Being able to do everything in your heart is Buddha's heart.

Lin Zexu Calligraphers Training Association. People don't want to be prosperous at home, but they can expand their hearts, which is the great public in the world; If we can do our best, we can make up for it in the world, which is almost as beneficial to our family and our country as the bright Buddha heart in Zhan Ran.

05.

If my children and grandchildren are like me, then why do they keep the money?

If you are virtuous and have more money, you will lose your ambition;

My children and grandchildren are not as good as me. What did you leave the money for?

Foolish and rich will increase their excesses.

Lin Zexu and Xun Zilian in Qing Dynasty. Lin Zexu's educational thought of "spending less money and stressing more moral integrity" is brilliant in the world.

06.

Be careful to make friends and study hard;

Go to glitz.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Zuo presented couplets to his sons and nephews. Today can also be used to educate children. For children, studying hard, not fooling around, honing their will and cultivating their abilities are fundamental.