Said by: The Book of Commandments written by Zhuge Liang to his 8-year-old son Zhuge Zhan at the age of 54. The original text is:
A gentleman's journey is quiet to cultivate one's morality, and frugal to cultivate one's morality. If you don't stay in the garden, you will be unclear, restless and not far away.
The character of a gentleman is to improve self-cultivation from tranquility and cultivate morality from thrift. You can't be clear about your ambitions without being quiet, and you can't achieve your lofty goals without excluding external interference.
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The Book of Commandments is a letter written by Zhuge Liang, a statesman in the Three Kingdoms Period, to his son Zhuge Zhan before he died. Zhuge Liang dedicated his life to the country and died. He worked day and night for the national cause of Shu and Han and neglected to educate his son personally, so he wrote this letter to warn Zhuge Zhan. The full text expresses the father's love in the world through wise, rational, concise and accurate words.
Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms, was praised as "the embodiment of wisdom" by later generations. His Ten Commandments is also a family instruction full of wisdom and a masterpiece of ancient family instruction. This paper expounds the profound truth of self-cultivation and scholarship, which is thought-provoking to read. It can also be seen as Zhuge Liang's summary of his life, and later became a famous piece of self-cultivation and determination to get married.