· The bignonia blooms | Have left the green leaves dry. |Should I foretell what looms,| I would not live but die.(“The Bignonia Blooms”,The Book of Poetry [Compiled in the Spring and Autumn Period])...[继续阅读]

    · The benevolent man has no enemy under heaven. When the most benevolent was engaged against one who was just the opposite,how could the blood of the people have flowed till it floated the pestles of the mortars?(The Works of Mencius [c.372-c.289 BC])...[继续阅读]

    · When disorder arises,it will be found that ill-advised speech was the stepping-stone to it.(The Book of Changes [of the Zhou Dynasty])...[继续阅读]

    · The cuckoo in the mulberries | Breeds seven fledglings with ease. | An ideal ruler should take care | To deal with all men fair and square. | If he treats all men fair and square,|He would be good beyond compare.(“The Cuckoo”,The Book of Poetry [Compile...[继续阅读]

    · Men and women should not touch each other when giving or receiving anything.〔Note: This is a Confucian rule of etiquette.〕(Quotation from Confucius [551 -479 BC] in The Book of Rites)...[继续阅读]

    · The principle for a married couple is: stay together if they have mutual affection; be separated if their mutual affection has disappeared.(Ban Gu [32-92]: History of Han)...[继续阅读]

    · My lord is brave and bright,| A hero in our land. | A vanguard in Kings fight,| With a lance in his hand.(“My Lord”,The Book of Poetry [Compiled in the Spring and Autumn Period])...[继续阅读]

    · A man of lofty ideals and benevolence would never preserve his life at the expense of his virtue. On the contrary,he would sacrifice his life to preserve his virtue.(The Analects of Confucius [551-479 BC])...[继续阅读]

    · The eagle cleaves alone in the air and it has been doing this way since olden days.(Qu Yuan [c.340-c.278 BC]: “The Lament”)...[继续阅读]

    · There were no ancient sage-kings but respected teachers.Irrespective of a teachers social status and properties,they were revered.(Lü Buwei [?-235 BC] et al: Lüs Almanac)...[继续阅读]