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In Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chen Gong’s fate stands as one of the most poignant and instructive tragedies. A man of intelligence, loyalty, and moral integrity, Chen Gong ultimately met his end not through cowardice or incompetence, but due to a series of fateful misjudgments. His life offers profound lessons on…
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A person bereft of sincerity is like the facial makeup a woman wears; everything he does is mere empty show.
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A man fond of movement is like lightning flashing through the clouds, ephemeral. He flickers like a candle flame in the wind. On the other hand, a man devoted to quietude is like dead ashes or a blighted tree stump, bereft of all vitality.
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Whatever I do, I leave some part of it unfinished; that way the Creator will not frown on me and the ghosts and spirits will not be able to harm me.
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There were no donkeys in Guizhou until an eccentric took one there by boat; but finding no use for it he set it loose in the hills.