Chinese Traditional Virtues Idioms and Meanings

Those who love their relatives dare not be evil to others; those who honor their relatives dare not be slow to others.

Meaning: if you love your own old man, you dare not treat other people's old men badly; if you honor and love your own old man, you dare not slow down other people's old men. From "The Book of Filial Piety. Chapter of the Son of Heaven

The one who does not teach is the gradual abolition of learning.

Meaning: not learning from a teacher is tantamount to beginning to gradually abandon the pursuit of learning.

From "Lü Hengzhou wenji (Collected Writings of Lü Hengzhou)," a book written with his brother Gaogao, who asked him to study the Spring and Autumn Period.

When a country is about to revitalize, it is necessary to value the teacher and emphasize the master.

Meaning: If a country wants to be revitalized, it must respect teachers and attach importance to masters who impart expertise. From "Gouzi".

In ancient times, scholars had teachers.

Meaning: In ancient times, those who studied had to be taught by teachers. From Han Yu's Han Changli ji - The Teacher's Sayings.

Disease learning lies in honoring the teacher.

Meaning: The first thing to learn quickly is to respect the teacher. From "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Clans" (各氏春秋-劝学).

The gentleman is a great teacher and a good friend.

Meaning: A man of high moral character respects his teachers and treats his friends kindly. From "Xunzi - The Book of the Cultivation of Virtue".

The gentleman's learning is to call his teacher a teacher of righteousness, and to listen to him, he must do his best to be bright.

The meaning is: when a person of high moral character studies and explains the truth, he will always refer to what his teacher has taught him, and endeavor to carry it forward. From "Lü Shi Chun Qiu", Volume 4, "Honoring the Teacher".

Respecting and advising teachers is the basis for building a nation; promoting virtue and educating talents is the first thing to do for the government.

The meaning is: emphasizing education is the foundation of building a nation, and cultivating talents is the first task of governing a country. From "Zhu Shunshui ji - persuade Xing".

People can not be without a teacher.

Meaning: one cannot learn without the guidance of a teacher. From "The Discourse of Qianfu - Praising Learning" by Wang Fu (Han Dynasty). On: close to.

How can a person be born without confusion? If you are confused and do not follow a teacher, you will not be able to solve your confusion.

Meaning: man is not born with knowledge, how can he not have difficult questions? If you don't ask your teacher for advice, you won't understand what's going on in the end. From Han Yu's "The Teacher's Commentary" (师說), [Tang].

When a man wishes his children and grandchildren to be wise, but does not honor his teacher, it is as if he wishes to nourish his body but loses his food and clothing.

Meaning: one hopes that one's children and grandchildren will be able to do something, but one does not know to value the role of the teacher, which is like wanting to take care of one's body. It is like trying to take care of one's body without wearing clothes or eating. From (Qing) Wang Zhuo's The Sayings of the Present World, Volume I. Ji: hope. 敬：重视；人虽然有性质美而心辨知，必將求贤师而事之，择良友而友之。

Meaning: Even if a person has a good nature and is intelligent, he must learn from his teachers and choose noble friends to help each other. From "Xunzi - Sexual Evil". Discernment: wisdom.

If you want to be good, ask the three old men.

Meaning: To get things done well, ask experienced older people for advice. It is found in (Ming) Tang Hai's The Wolf of Zhongshan, the third outing.

The teacher to question, the friend to fold doubts. A teacher and a friend are also the resources of learning.

The meaning is: to worship a teacher to answer doubts, and to make friends to analyze them, teachers and friends are very helpful in doing learning. From (Qing Dynasty) Li Syng's "Western Macrocompost Collection - Ice Words Supplement".

The teacher and the friend are very helpful, and the ancient learning is self-reflective.

Meaning: respect and intimacy are important between teachers and friends, and one should reflect on oneself when examining ancient cultures. From "Farewell to Su Shaoxu in Lake Learning" by Liu Chao (Song).

The teacher is strict, then the way is honored, the way is honored, then the people respect learning.

Meaning: When teachers are honored, then knowledge will have a higher status, and the people will pay attention to learning. From Han Ying's <>.

The teacher is the model of the people.

Meaning; the person who is a teacher is a model for people to follow. From (Han) Yang Xiong's "Dharma Words - Learning and Doing".

The teacher! Teacher! The order of Tong Zi is also.

Meaning: The teacher, the teacher, is simply the life of a child; it is better to devote oneself to learning than to make efforts to find a good teacher. From (Han) Yang Xiong's "Dharma Words - Learning and Doing".

When the teacher's way is established, there will be many good people.

Meaning: If a culture of respecting teachers is formed, there will be more people with good behavior. From "The Collection of Hai Rui - Preface to the Gift to Chen Yuanshan for Gutian Division Training".

Three people are like one teacher. Choose those who are good and follow them, and correct those who are not good.

Meaning: When three people walk on the same road, there must be someone among them who can be my teacher. I chose to learn from their strengths and corrected their weaknesses as my own. From "Analects of Confucius - Shui而"（《论语-述而》）.

The good scholar who learns from his teacher's ease multiplies his work, and thus is mediocre; the bad scholar who learns from his teacher's diligence halves his work, and thus resents him.

The meaning is: a person who is good at learning can get twice the result without much effort from his teacher, and thanks his teacher for his work; a person who is not good at learning, but is taught by his teacher with great diligence, gets twice the result with half the effort, and instead of checking himself, he blames his teacher. From "The Records of Rites - The Records of Learning". Yi: contentment; ease. Yong: merit.

Love of the country

1. Take the home as the home, the township as the township, the country as the country, and the world as the world.

2. To not forget one's country in times of trouble is to be loyal. --Zuo Zhuan - Zhaogong Yuan Nian

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6. The patriotism of the martyrs is also like a family. --Ge Hong "hold Park Zi - outside - wide analogies" Martyrs: ambitious. The first is the "The Greatest", and the second is the "The Greatest".

7. The world's worries first, and the world's happiness later. --- Lu You, "Sickness,"

9. The king's division in the north of the Central Plains day, the family sacrifices are not forgotten to tell Naiweng. --Lu You "show children"

10. life from ancient times who do not have to die, leaving the heart of the Dan Zhi Zhao Khanqing. --Wen Tianxiang, "Passing through Zero Dingyang"

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15. The scholar can't help but be vigorous and resolute, and the task is heavy and the road is long. --Lun Yu - Qin Bo

16. If one's will is not strong, one's intellect is not strong enough. --Mo Zi - Cultivation of the Body

17. The swallow sparrow does not know the will of the great swan!

18. Aim high.

19. It is not to be indifferent that one can not realize one's ambition, and it is not to be tranquil that one can not be far-sighted.

20．Where there is a will, there is a way.

21. If you have a small ambition, it is easy to get enough, and if you are easy to get enough, there is no way to advance. --Zhang Zai, "The Rational Grotto of Economics -- Under the Great Principle of Learning"

22. In the ancient times, those who set up great things did not only have the talent of the world, but also had the will of perseverance. --Su Shi, "The Discourses of Chao Chao"

23. --Shi Cheng Jin, "Heirloom - Proverbs of the Pastoralists"

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24. The three armies can take away the commander-in-chief, but not the will of the horseman.

25. When the year is cold, then we know that the pine and cypress wither.

26. A man of honor, who does not seek life to harm benevolence, but kills his own body to fulfill benevolence.

27. They do not surrender their wills and do not dishonor their bodies.

28．The rich and the noble cannot be obscene, the poor and the lowly cannot be shifted, and the mighty and the mighty cannot be subjugated.

29. If you are poor, you can do good to yourself alone; if you are rich, you can do good to the whole world.

30. There is a death for everyone, heavier than Mount Taishan or lighter than a feather. --Shi Ma Qian, "Reporting Ren'an Book"

31. Not for the poor to change, not for the lowly to ease the will.

32. It is better to have a broken jade than to have a whole tile. --Li Shimin, "Giving Xiaoyu"

34. "The silt comes out of the mud but does not get stained, and the Maundy Sea is not demonic". --Zhou Dunyi's "I Love Lotus"

35. The time is poor, the festival is seen, and the color of the paintings is hanging down. --Yu Qian "Untitled"

37. I'm not afraid of breaking my bones, but I'll leave my innocence in the world.

38. "Bite the green mountain and don't let go, the roots of the original in the broken rock.

Thousands of blows are still strong, let the winds of the southeast and northwest. --Zheng Xie (xiè) "title painting - bamboo and stone"

Self-strengthening

39. Tian Xing Jian, gentleman to self-improvement. --Zhouyi - Qian - Xiang

40. The one who wins is powerful, and the one who wins himself is strong. --Lao Tzu, Chapter 33

41. Do not complain to Heaven, do not blame others. --- The Analects of Confucius --- The Constitutional Questions

42． --Meng Zi, "The Second Book of the Counselor"

43. "One is born in sorrow and dies in peace. --Meng Zi, "The Second Book of Suo Zi"

44. The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek it.

45. If you strengthen yourself by cultivating your body, your name will be worthy of Yao and Yu. --Xunzi, "Cultivation of the Body"

46. The one who can win over the strongest enemy is the one who wins himself first. --Cao Cao's "The Tortoise's Life"

48. "There is no way to say that Mulberry is too late for the sun. --Liu Yuxi (刘禹锡)《酬乐天咏老見示》

49. How many difficult things are in front of me?

50. I am a great man in life, but I am also a great man in death.

51. Hundred-foot pole, one step further. --Zhu Xi, "Reply to Gong Zhongzhi"