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A Journey of a Thousand Miles
合抱之木,生於毫末;九層之臺,起於累土;千里之行,始於足下。
Great things begin small: a tree from a sprout, a tower from a basket of earth, a long journey from the first step.
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The Obstacle Becomes the Way
For by these the mind doth turn and convert any impediment whatsoever, to be her aim and purpose. So that what before was the impediment, is now…
The mind can convert any impediment into its own aim; what was in the way becomes the readiest way.
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Sloth and Industry
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy.
Sloth makes everything difficult; industry makes everything easy.
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles (Legge)
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li…
Legge's translation of Laozi on great things beginning with a single step.
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Bold Rather Than Timid
We will make bold rather than timid investment decisions where we see a sufficient probability of gaining market leadership advantages. Some of these…
Make bold bets when the odds of market leadership justify them; learn from both wins and losses.
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Do Things That Don't Scale
One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale.
Early startups should do unscalable things to get and keep users.
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The Definition of Patience
耐心,就是正视现实,承认很多事情需要时间慢慢发展,不轻易消耗自身资源强推。
Patience means facing reality, accepting that many things take time, and not burning your resources to force them.
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First Make Yourself Invincible
孫子曰:昔之善戰者,先為不可勝,以待敵之可勝。不可勝在己,可勝在敵。故善戰者,能為不可勝,不能使敵之必可勝。故曰:勝可知,而不可為。
First make yourself unbeatable; then wait for the enemy to become beatable. Victory can be foreseen, not forced.
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Knowledge and Action Are One
知是行的主意,行是知的功夫;知是行之始,行是知之成。
Knowledge is the beginning of action; action is the completion of knowledge.
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Life Is Not Short
We do not have a very short time assigned to us, but we lose a great deal of it: life is long enough to carry out the most important projects
Life is not short; we waste much of it. It is long enough for the most important work.
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Reading, Conference, Writing
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Reading fills, discussion sharpens, and writing makes exact.
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Caigentan, Entry 2
涉世淺,點染亦淺;歷事深,機械亦深。故君子與其練達,不若樸魯;與其曲謹,不若疏狂。
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Caigentan, Entry 3
君子之心事,天青日白,不可使人不知。 君子之才華,玉韞珠藏,不可使人易知。
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Caigentan, Entry 5
耳中常聞逆耳之言,心中常有拂心之事,纔是進德修行的砥石。若言言悅耳,事事快心,便把此生埋在鴆毒中矣。
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Caigentan, Entry 8
天地寂然不動,而氣機無一息少停; 日月晝夜奔馳,而貞明則萬古不易。 故君子閒時要有喫緊的心思,忙處要有悠閒的趣味。
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Caigentan, Entry 9
夜深人靜,獨坐觀心,始覺妄窮而真獨露,每於此中得大機趣;既覺真現而妄難逃,又於此中得大慚忸。
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Caigentan, Entry 13
徑路窄處,留一步與人行;滋味濃的,減三分讓人嗜。此是涉世一極安樂法。
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Caigentan, Entry 14
作人無甚高遠事業,擺脫得俗情,便入名流; 為學無甚增益工夫,減除得物累,便超聖境。
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Caigentan, Entry 15
交友須帶三分俠氣,做人要存一點素心。
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Caigentan, Entry 19
完名美節,不宜獨任,分些與人,可以遠害全身; 辱行污名,不宜全推,引些歸己,可以韜光養德。
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Caigentan, Entry 22
好動者,雲電風燈;嗜寂者,死灰槁木。須定雲止水中,有魚躍鳶飛氣象,纔是有道的心體。
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Caigentan, Entry 24
糞蟲至穢,變為蟬而飲露於秋風; 腐草無光,化為螢而耀采於夏月。 固知潔常自污出,明每從晦生也。
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Caigentan, Entry 26
飽後思味,則濃淡之境都消; 色後思淫,則男女之見盡絕。 故人常以事後之悔悟,破臨事之癡迷,則性定而動無不正。
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Caigentan, Entry 30
人至事窮勢蹙,宜原其初心; 士當行滿功成,要觀其末路。
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Caigentan, Entry 32
居卑而後知登高之為危,處晦而後知向明之太露; 守靜而後知好動之過勞,養默而後知多言之為躁。
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Caigentan, Entry 39
教弟子,如養閨女,最要嚴出入,謹交遊。若一接近匪人,是清淨田中,下一不淨種子,便終身難植嘉禾矣。
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Caigentan, Entry 40
慾路上事,毋樂其便而姑為染指,一染指便深入萬仞; 理路上事,無憚其難而稍為退步,一退步便遠隔千山。
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Caigentan, Entry 42
彼富我仁,彼爵我義,君子固不為君相所牢籠; 人定勝天,志壹動氣,君子亦不受造物之陶鑄。
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Caigentan, Entry 48
吉人無論作用安詳,即夢寐神魂,無非和氣; 凶人無論行事狠戾,即聲音笑貌,渾是殺機。
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Caigentan, Entry 50
福莫福於少事,禍莫禍於多心。 唯苦事者,方知少事之為福; 唯平心者,始知多心之為禍。
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Caigentan, Entry 57
讀書不見聖賢,為鉛槧傭; 居官不愛子民,為衣冠盜; 講學不尚躬行,為口頭禪; 立業不思種德,為眼前花。
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Caigentan, Entry 61
春至時和,花尚舖一段好色,鳥且囀幾句好音。士君子幸值清時,復遇溫飽,不思立好言,行好事,雖是在世百年,恰似未生一日。
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Caigentan, Entry 63
真廉無廉名,圖名者正所以為貪; 大巧無巧術,用術者乃所以為拙。
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Caigentan, Entry 65
名根未拔者,縱輕千乘甘一瓢,總墮塵情; 客氣未融者,雖澤四海利萬世,終為賸技。
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Caigentan, Entry 67
人知名位為樂,不知無名無位之樂為最真; 人知飢寒為憂,那知不飢不寒之憂為更甚。
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Caigentan, Entry 71
福不可邀,養喜神,以為召福之本而已; 禍不可避,去殺機,以為遠禍之方而已。
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Caigentan, Entry 75
一苦一樂相磨鍊,鍊極而成福者,其福始久; 一疑一信相參勘,勘極而成知者,其知始真。
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Caigentan, Entry 77
地之穢者多生物,水之清者常無魚。故君子當存含垢納污之量,不可持好潔獨行之操。
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Caigentan, Entry 78
泛駕之馬可就馳驅,躍冶之金終歸型範。只一優游不振,便終身無個進步。白沙云:「為人多病未足羞,一生無病是吾憂。」真確論也。
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Caigentan, Entry 83
風來疏竹,風過而竹不留聲; 雁度寒潭,雁去而潭不留影。 故君子事來而心始現,事去而心隨空。
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Caigentan, Entry 86
閒中不放過,忙處有受用; 靜中不落空,動處有受用; 暗中不欺隱,明處有受用。
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Caigentan, Entry 87
念頭起處,纔覺向慾路上去,便挽從理路上來。一起便覺,一覺便轉,此是轉禍為福,起死回生的關頭,切莫輕易放過。
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Caigentan, Entry 99
澹泊之士,必為濃豔者所疑; 檢飾之人,多為放肆者所忌。 君子處此,固不可少變其操履,亦不可露其鋒芒。
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Caigentan, Entry 100
居逆境中,周身皆鍼砭藥石,砥節勵行而不覺; 處順境內,滿前盡兵刃戈矛,銷膏糜骨而不知。
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Caigentan, Entry 102
人心一真,便霜可飛,城可摧,金石可貫。若偽妄之人,行骸徒具,真己已亡,對人則面目可憎,獨居則形影自媿。
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Caigentan, Entry 103
文章做到極處,無有他奇,只是恰好; 人品做到極處,無有他異,只是本然。
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Caigentan, Entry 105
爽口之味,皆爛腸腐骨之藥,五分便無殃; 快心之事,悉敗身喪德之媒,五分便無悔。
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Caigentan, Entry 107
士君子持身不可輕,輕則物能撓我,而無悠閑鎮定之趣; 用意不可重,重則我為物泥,而無瀟灑活潑之機。
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Caigentan, Entry 112
公道正論,不可犯手,一犯,則貽羞萬世; 權門私竇,不可著腳,一著,則點汗終身。
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Caigentan, Entry 116
千金難結一時之歡,一飯竟致終身之感。蓋愛重反為仇,薄極反成喜也。
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Caigentan, Entry 117
藏巧於拙,用晦而明,寓清之濁,以屈為伸,真涉世之一壺,藏身之三窟也。
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Caigentan, Entry 119
驚奇喜異者,無遠大之識; 苦節獨行者,非恆久之操。
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Caigentan, Entry 120
當怒火慾水正騰沸處,明明知得,又明明犯著。知的是誰,犯的又是誰,此處能猛然轉念,邪魔便為真君矣。
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Caigentan, Entry 121
毋偏信而為奸所欺, 毋自任而為氣所使。 毋以己之長而形人之短, 毋因己之拙而忌人之能。
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Caigentan, Entry 122
人之短處,要曲為彌縫,如暴而揚之,是以短攻短; 人有頑的,要善為化誨,如忿而疾之,是以頑濟頑。
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Caigentan, Entry 127
覺人之詐,不形於言; 受人之侮,不動於色。 此中有無窮意味,亦有無窮受用。
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Caigentan, Entry 135
有妍必有醜為之對,我不誇妍,誰能醜我; 有潔必有污為之仇,我不好潔,誰能污我。
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Caigentan, Entry 138
爵位不宜太盛,太盛則危; 能事不宜盡畢,盡畢則衰; 行誼不宜過高,過高則謗興而毀來。
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Caigentan, Entry 140
德者才之主,才者德之奴。有才無德,如家無主而奴用事矣,幾何不魍魎猖狂。
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Caigentan, Entry 144
飢則附,飽則颺;燠則趨,寒則棄,人情通患也。 君子宜淨拭冷眼,慎毋輕動剛腸。
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