Excerpts from Yang Xiong's famous sayings in the Western Han Dynasty

Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD) was born in Ziyun, Han nationality. Officials and scholars in the Western Han Dynasty. A native of Chengdu (now Youai Town, Pixian County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province) in the Western Han Dynasty. Less studious, stuttering, well-read, better at ci. In his forties, he began to visit Chang 'an, the capital of Beijing, and played Fu such as Ganquan and Hedong. When he became emperor, he served Huang Menlang. Wang Mang was then a doctor and a school book, Tianlu Pavilion. Yang Xiong is the most famous lyricist in the Western Han Dynasty after Sima Xiangru. So-called? Xie Ma came alone to find a story, and the article was ashamed of Yang Xiong? . In Liu Yuxi's famous "Humble Room Inscription"? West Shuzi Yunting? The West Shu Ziyun is Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong once wrote <: Taixuan > It is of great significance to the later generations to take the metaphysics originated from Laozi's Tao as the highest category, and to integrate and develop Taoist thought when constructing the universe generation schema and exploring the development law of things.

Yang Xiong's famous saying:

A sage keeps his word and writes a book. Words are audible, but not earnest, and books are considerable and inexhaustible.

at the end of the month, you will be fascinated by the west, and when you look at it, you will eventually be fascinated by the east.

sage's words are as far as the sky, while sage's words are as close as the earth.

history takes man by nature, while saints take man by nature.

it's brilliant in the light of the sun, and it's also useful for groups; Hunhunhu sage's way, the use of group heart also.

the sage's words, heaven also, heaven is wrong?

a gentleman who is an official wants to carry out his righteousness, while living in a house wants to show his way. Never tire of doing things, never tire of teaching, how can you get a day.

if you are invincible, you will have no wealth, which is more important.

the more people benefit, the duller they become, and the duller the sage becomes.

if you use it, you should follow it. If you follow it, you should abandon what you have learned, go against what you are accustomed to, strengthen what you are inferior to, and donate what you can. Who can use it unless it is in the world?

saints value their way and despise their wealth, while others value their wealth and despise their way.

it's hard to know what's going on.

Qin has a division, which is negative to Qin's statutes; Qin's statutes are negative to the statutes of saints.

fire is the fire, soup is the soup, and it's embarrassing!

use your wisdom before you rush. Isn't it too late to ask for clothes and fur after the cold?

It's almost the sky in Lei Zhen, the wind is thin on the mountains, the clouds are crowded on the square, and the rain is flowing on the deep, so it's nothing!

you can't get a gentleman, but serve him.

he who hears and hears a lot and knows the most, knows the most. He who hears more and knows evil ways is also confused.

people do their best, not necessarily saints.

a gentleman is one who devotes all his heart to the way of saints.

a gentleman moves with courtesy, stops with righteousness, and advances if he joins, or retreats without worrying about his disagreement.

when it comes, it comes; when it goes, it goes; when it comes, it goes; what does Zhu bird mean?

Heaven not only works for Zhong Ni, but also works for itself. It's sick.

a teacher is expensive, and you know a lot. A teacher who knows little is also cheap.

what is the name of a gentleman?

the order of things is called training, and the victory over one's own privacy is called grams.

those who breed but don't sprout are children of my family.

miscellaneous, people's illness is complicated by knowing more. Only saints are not miscellaneous.

sage's words are muddy. If it is smooth, it will be convenient, and if it is not, it will be simple.

the day shines on it, the river washes it, and it is beyond the control of others.

words can't reach his heart, and books can't reach his words, so it's hard.

heaven and earth are all things, and the Five Classics are all things.

therefore, the husband's way is unnatural, and if it is made in time, the profit and loss can be known.

a dragon takes no control as a dragon, and a saint takes no hands as a saint.

the sage's pursuit of the gods will lead to the great harmony and benefit of the world, and make it seamless when he is in harmony with heaven and man.

the gods know all directions at dawn. Nature is the essence of nature, and everything is human.

dive into the sky, dive into the ground. Heaven and earth, the gods are unpredictable.

if you are disrespectful, you will not be happy. Although there are people, how can you get them?

Sages rule the world, which is hindered by etiquette and music. If there is nothing, it will be a bird, and if there is difference, it will be a joke.

in the wild world, saints hate it, which is based on the law, and it becomes Yao. Bandits fear Yao, and they whistle with courtesy and righteousness, but saints don't take it.

water, if measured, is beneficial to the deep, and poor is beneficial to the far; Fire is bright when it is used, but strong when it stays.

what a saint! He speaks to the fullest.

I don't take what I said as moral. And lamented the benevolence and righteousness, extinct etiquette, I have no ear.

because it doesn't carve. If things are carved by merchants, how can you give them effectively?

if you are together, you will be muddy, but if you are apart, you will be scattered. If you are one person, you will have a whole body!

although the painting is curved, it leads to the summer, while the Sichuan is curved, it leads to the sea.

the road is like a river, and the car and the air are gangsters, and they don't give up day and night.

Confucius is fearless if he speaks without shame and acts without shame.

the ear of a staff sergeant teaches virtue, while the ear of a corporal obeys himself.

a saint's ears are not right, but his mouth is good. A wise man chooses his mouth, but everyone has no choice.

I will show filial piety to ghosts and gods, and I dare not plow with them. For example, if Gui Yang pricks a goat and stops being a teacher, the evil lies in plowing but not plowing.

You can tell from the sky that the world is humble!

too big to do, too big to do; Too high to do it, too high.

if you don't flatter your friends, if you don't be arrogant, you can do something.

make people believe it, but you can't do it. It is based on a gentleman's strong learning.

Saint Lotte know life, Lotte is not diligent, and know life is not worried.

if you cultivate yourself as a bow, correct your thinking as a vector, and establish your righteousness, you will be successful in your hair.

People are in existence, but books are in death, and their unity is also.

if everything is wrong, it will hang in the sky, and if all the words are confused, it will break all the saints.

the wind and the rain are shocking, and then I know that the summer house is a pity; Abuse the government and the world, and then know that the sage is called Guo Guo.

there are four ways for a gentleman: simple and easy to use, important and easy to keep, clear and easy to see, and law and easy to say.

a good book is not to be found in Zhong Ni, but also in many places. Don't talk to Zhong Ni, say the bell.

sheep is a tiger's skin. When you see grass, you can talk about it. When you see a jackal, you will fight, and forget about the tiger in its skin.

it's important for a gentleman to do things. If you win something, you will get it; if you win something, you will get it; if you win something, you will get it; if you say something, you will get it. Full of words and capacity, the algae of virtue!

Women hate hua dan's chaos, and so do books and obscene words.

regular elegance in the middle, and more wow is Zheng.

There is no end to Zhong Ni; There is an academic career, and there is no end to Yan Yuan.

to cultivate the Tao and gain the Tao, and to hunt for the virtue and gain the virtue is to gain and gain.

there are those who can't get what they want, and there are those who can't get what they want.

sages are different from others, while sages are different from sages.

you can know the contempt of the stars by looking at the sun and the moon, but you can know the small opinions by looking up to the saints.

it's right to learn from practice, and it's right to win by learning from non-practice. Is it right to win by learning from non-practice?

a scholar, so I am also a scholar.

learning to govern, thinking to refine, friends to sharpen, reputation to worship, tireless to the end, can be said to be eager to learn.

I haven't thought about it yet. If a husband has a knife, he will only make mistakes, and if he has jade, he will make mistakes. If it is not good, how can it be used? What is wrong is the quality.

people are born from heaven, and they are gentle and ignorant, and they are unrestrained in their feelings, clever and unyielding, and they teach various principles.

learn, do and go to school; In a word, the second time; Teaching people, and secondly. Nothing is salty, for everyone.

it's a small skill to carve insects, but a strong husband doesn't do it.

a big article is simple, but it has more quality.

there are reasons for the Tao, and there are changes in it. Therefore, follow it and follow the path of God. Change it and make it timely.

a gentleman is soft in benevolence and firm in righteousness.

climb Long Lin with phoenix wings.

if you bend others, you will be overcome, and if you bend yourself, you will lose, and the sky will never be the same.

people who don't learn are carefree, like birds!

a saint is a disgrace to the whole world.

a teacher is a model for people.

it is better to be a teacher than to learn.

cultivate one's morality as a bow, correct one's thinking as a vector, and get rid of what one thinks is righteous. If you drink and send it, you will get it.

learn to treat it, and think to be refined.

if you speak from your heart, you can draw with your heart.

in the past, the holy rule of law will be like a plastic column in the future.

therefore, follow it, and be in harmony with the Tao and God: change it with the times. Therefore, it can be reformed, and heaven is gained; Leather can be caused by it. Heaven is training.

emphasize words, deeds, appearance and goodness. There is a law when words are heavy, a virtue when deeds are heavy, a prestige when looks are heavy, and a joy when things are heavy.

since the latter comes first, the lower comes first.

if you don't forget the chaos, you won't forget the danger.

if it's possible, it's possible, otherwise.

those who are hot will die out, and those who rumble will die out.

if there is no test, it is called falsehood.

it's not too late to ask for clothes and fur after the cold.

Friends are not sincere. Friends are always present. Friends without heart, friends with face.

words mean law, deeds mean virtue, looks mean prestige, and good manners mean outlook.

speaking lightly will attract worries, acting lightly will attract bitterness, looking lightly will attract humiliation, and being nice and light will attract lewdness.

people must be conscious, and then people love everything; People must respect themselves, and then people respect them.