Lin Zexu’s famous sayings 1
1. Sheyan leaves good words in spring, and spring is always there in the valleys where there is no cold.
2. From the sea to the boundless sky, I am the shore; when the mountain reaches its peak, I am the peak.
3. The three yang states of Kaiyuan Jing can detect the fragrance of flowers and the spring of a tree.
4. A sea that accepts hundreds of rivers is great when it has tolerance; a thousand people standing on a wall without desires is strong.
5. If my descendants are like me, they will do nothing with their money. If they are wise and rich, they will harm their ambitions.
6. The life and death of the country are based on the interests of the country, so why should we avoid it for the sake of misfortune and fortune? How can you be so generous? If you have no desires, you will be a master for a hundred generations. Martial arts are used to defend frontiers and repel tigers and leopards, and essays and reasoning are combined with poetry. To be an official, one must be upright in mind and body, and have a reputation for unparalleled achievements.
7. How can I satisfy everyone’s expectations, but I just want to be worthy of my heart.
8. If the opium supply is not exhausted for a day, and this minister will not return for a day, I swear to stay committed to this matter, and there will be no reason to stop.
9. Learn the enemy’s skills to defeat them. Lin Zexu's famous sayings 2
1. When you go out, smile and don't feel sad, and open your mind everywhere. Current affairs are difficult to establish without fault, and high officials are not born by themselves. Feng Tao looked back at the three islands in the air, and Chen Rui counted nine Gai from the beginning. Don't believe children's frivolous words, scoff at him and give him a lampstand. ——Lin Zexu's "Going to the garrison and climbing the road to tell the family members" two poems of seven rhymes
2. Opium is poisoning the world, causing great harm, and the law should be strict. If we still take this seriously, it will mean that in a few decades, the Central Plains will have few soldiers capable of defending the enemy, and there will be no silver to pay for it. ——Lin Zexu
3. It is useless to have bad Feng Shui intentions. It is useless for parents to serve God if they are not filial. It is useless to make friends if brothers are not on good terms. It is useless to study if you behave inappropriately. There is no use in acting eccentrically and cleverly. It is useless to be arrogant and knowledgeable. It's useless to seek after bad luck. It is useless to take money from others and give it away. Sparing one's strength and medicine are of no use. It is useless to indulge in lustful desires. ——Lin Zexu's "Ten Benefits"
4. If you seek to benefit the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? ——Lin Zexu
5. The sea accepts hundreds of rivers, and tolerance is great; standing on a wall with thousands of feet, without desire is strong. ——Lin Zexu
6. To be able to accommodate hundreds of rivers in the sea is great, and to stand on a wall with thousands of feet and no desires is to be strong. ——Lin Zexu
7. There is an ancient Buddha standing in a pavilion, holding the cud and chanting sutras ten times. The mountain springs are used as bells and chimes to encourage the fall, and the autumn colors are all over the rocks and the clouds have sounds.
8. When the sea reaches the end, the sky is the shore; when the mountain reaches the top, I am the peak. ――Lin Zexu
9. To benefit the country's life and death, how can one avoid it due to misfortunes and fortunes ――Lin Zexu's "The Entrance to the garrison and tell the family at the entrance"
10. If the opium is not available for a day, Absolutely, this minister will not return for a day, and I swear to stay committed to this matter, and there will be no reason to stop. ——Lin Zexu
11. Whoever can combine three lives with wisdom and blessing will be unworthy of occupying all the time. It is better to sit down and hold a branch when you realize that Youtan Tiannv is scattered. ――Lin Zexu
12. From the sea to the boundless sky, I am the shore; to the top of the mountain, I am the peak――Lin Zexu
13. If your strength is weak and your responsibilities are heavy, your spirit will be exhausted for a long time. If you continue to exhaust yourself, you will definitely fail. . If you live and die for the benefit of the country, why should you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? Relegated residence is the result of the kindness of the king, and it is appropriate for the garrison to support the weak and strong. Play and talk stories with the mountain wife, try to sing and die. ——Lin Zexu's "Going to the garrison and climbing the road to tell the family members" Qilu two poems
14. If my descendants are like me, they will leave money for something. If they are virtuous and rich, they will lose their aspirations; if their descendants are not as good as me, they will leave money for something. What, if you are stupid and have a lot of money, you will increase your faults. ——Lin Zexu Lin Zexu’s Famous Quotes 3
When Lin Zexu was in his 50s, he wrote “Ten Useless Things”. He defined some things that are often regarded as beneficial, that is to say, if certain conditions are not met, some things that seem beneficial may not be beneficial. After Lin Zexu's definition, we will find that there is no absolute thing in the world, and the effectiveness of anything is conditional. These "Ten Benefits" are not only Lin Zexu's own standards of practice, but also the principles for educating his children.
1. Feng shui is useless if you have bad intentions
Comments: Confucianism equates "people" with "benevolence" and believes that being a human being depends on benevolence. Who can be benevolent? Good! The heaven and earth are righteous and people's hearts are kind. This is the eternal "law of gravity" that governs the movement of the universe and the growth of all things. If you have bad intentions and act against nature, you will undoubtedly bring about your own destruction. "Feng Shui is useless" means that if you behave badly and do many unjust things, you will not only dishonor your ancestors, but also harm your descendants. The so-called evil intention has no good consequences.
If one's own bad deeds harm the reputation of the ancestors and bring harm to the descendants, wouldn't it be an extra level of sin and an unforgivable evil?
2. If parents are unfilial, it is useless to serve God.
Comment: There are three greatest "loves" in the world. One is "the love of relatives", the other is "the love of lovers", and the other is "the love of friends", or in short, family affection, affection and friendship. Family love is warm, affection is lingering, and friendship is the most sincere. If you want to identify which of the three is the most selfless, it is the love of family members - the love of parents! The love our parents have for us is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea. We will never be able to repay the kindness our parents have shown us in three lifetimes! Filial piety comes first. No matter how great your achievements are and how many halos you wear on your head, if you are unfilial to your parents, all your honors will be eclipsed. "Serving God is of no use." If you are unfilial to your parents, no matter how pious or respectful you are to God, everything will be false. Confucius said, respect ghosts and gods and keep them at a distance; he also said, filial piety and brotherhood are the foundation of human beings! Parents are more holy than gods. If you want to worship God, why should you sacrifice the near for the distant!
3. Acting eccentricly, being clever is useless
It means being unreasonable, paranoid, untamed, and completely different from others in everything. There is a saying that people are not afraid that you are extremely smart, but they are afraid that you are unreasonable. If you are not kind and have bad intentions, your "smartness" will help the tiger and become a tool for evil. A million lions can subdue one, but a single national thief is formidable. No wonder Confucius said, "Disciples should be filial when they enter, be respectful when they go out, be prudent and benevolent, love others universally, and devote themselves to literature if they have enough time to learn from friends." Learning to be a human being must first seek wisdom. This is evident from the painstaking efforts of the saints.
IV. If you behave badly, reading is useless.
Comment: Confucius said that scholars in ancient times studied for themselves, but today’s scholars study for others. It means that scholars in ancient times read for themselves, while scholars today read for others. How are you as a person? For parents, for the market, for money and fame, and for work and career, reading becomes a tool and reading becomes a means to achieve other people's goals. At this moment we must realize that reading is not for others, but for ourselves! What about for yourself? Learn to store energy, cultivate benevolence internally, and cultivate etiquette externally. In the words of modern Marx, it is to achieve the comprehensive and free development of man himself. Simply put, reading is for self-cultivation! If you have read a lot of books by saints and saints, but still "behave badly", you are a college student in terms of knowledge, but a primary school student in terms of conduct. It can be said that reading is useless and reading poetry and books is in vain.
5. It is useless to make friends if brothers are at odds
Comments: Brothers can be understood as brothers and sisters including cousins. If brothers and sisters cannot be harmonious with them, why should they be friends? Many people (including me) have had this experience, that is, they are polite and candid with their friends externally, but they find it difficult to get along with their brothers and sisters at home, and they even use bad words towards each other, which is really regrettable. Nowadays, eugenics and eugenics are advocated, and many people are missing brothers and sisters. If you are lucky enough to have one or two brothers or sisters, why not cherish them?
6. Being arrogant and arrogant is useless to be knowledgeable
Comment: Why be knowledgeable? From ancient times to the present, people have been doing things vertically and horizontally just to cultivate themselves. If you use reading as a window dressing, use erudition as a basis for boasting, and are arrogant and arrogant, thinking that you are no better than yourself, even if you read all the ancient and modern books in the world, and know astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom, what is the use? It only adds to the hatred!
7. When fortune is bad, it is useless to seek in vain
Comment: This is not to promote fatalism, nor to advise people to be content with what they have and not to make progress. There is a saying that it is up to man to plan things, but it is up to Heaven to make things happen. It is said that times create heroes. To succeed, one must not only know what one can do, but also know what the other party can do. Bad luck means that the objective conditions are not enough to meet the subjective requirements, and seeking for them rashly will not only be useless, but also harmful. Didn’t Mao Zedong say that we should seek truth from facts? We must unify subjective desires with objective reality, combine "seeking" with "luck", learn to wait for the opportunity, and never act boldly.
8. It is useless to take wealth from people without giving away
Comment: The young Mao Zedong wrote in "Lecture Hall Records": The two barriers between goods and goods cannot be broken, and the people are insignificant. Goods are money. Money is an external possession. Being generous and sparing money is the behavior of a hero; loving money as much as life is difficult to achieve greatness. Mao Zedong never loved money, never took money, and never touched money. The style of his predecessors is really difficult for future generations to match. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to profit. Taking money from people without merit is not far from seeking money and killing one's life.
Taking money from others and using it to give away is tantamount to filling your own pocket first and then borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha to gain good reputation. A typical hypocrite! However, have you not seen how many so-called entrepreneurs and industrialists in the real society make huge profits through counterfeiting and inferior products, and then use "a drop of a dime" for charity, gaining both fame and fortune? Isn't that despicable!
9. Sexual evil and wanton desires are useless.
Comment: This sentence says that if you live a life of indulgence, luxury and debauchery, even if you repeatedly do good deeds and accumulate negative virtues, it will be in vain. Yin bird of prey means accumulating Yin virtue. As the saying goes, don't neglect good deeds because they are small, and don't do them because they are small things. If you have the evil deeds of arrogance, extravagance, lewdness and evil, even if you do good deeds, they will not benefit yourself and will not help anything. A master should first achieve self-improvement, set an example, be strict with himself, and start from hardship and simplicity.
10. Medicine is useless if you don’t care about your vitality.
Comments: Your body, hair and skin should be cherished and cherished by your parents. The outer body has inner Qi, and there is no better way to nourish the body than to nourish the Qi. Mencius said, "I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring Qi." Mao Zedong also said, If you are not confused by reputation, you will be strong in cultivating your strength. If you are not confused by popular culture, you will be strong in controlling your Qi. How to nourish Qi? Only desire. If you indulge in lust, it will harm your body and even your vitality. Even though Ganoderma lucidum is a wonderful medicine, taking it is of no benefit. A gentleman has nothing to eat to satisfy himself, nor a home to seek peace of mind, so as to nourish his majestic spirit. This is a sincere statement!