Excerpts from Shi Naian's famous sayings in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

Shi Naian (1296? About 137 1), whose real name is Yan Duan, Han nationality, was born in Xinghua (now Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province), and his ancestral home was Suzhou, a writer and novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. He is knowledgeable, talented and proficient in various technologies, such as philosophers, poetry, astronomy, geography, medical divination, astrology and so on. At the age of 36, he was a scholar, then gave up his official position and went back to work behind closed doors. He studied the creation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Biography of Three Demons in Suiping with his disciple Luo Guanzhong, and collected the stories of heroes such as Liang Shanbo and Song Jiang. Finally, four classic novels? One of the Water Margin. Shi Naian was a scholar in the first year of Yuanyanyou (13 14), in the first year of Taiding (1324), and served as Yin in Qiantang County, Zhejiang Province in the second year (133 1). Shi Naian's hometown, Shijiaqiao Village, Xinduo Township, Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, has a cemetery and memorial hall, as well as a letter from the Shi family.

Shi Naian famously said:

Good things stay indoors while bad things will go far away.

If I knew today, I would regret it.

Joy begets sorrow, but it couldn't be better.

Men must marry and women must marry.

Eat to prevent choking, walk to prevent falling.

You can't find a place to get it, and it doesn't take much effort to get it.

It is difficult to draw a dragon and a tiger, but it is difficult to draw a bone.

It rained all night, and the broken house was even worse. The leaky boat was blown by the wind again.

The farmer's heart is like soup, and the son Wang Sun shakes it.

The sun is like fire, and the wild Tian He is half burnt.

People are not as good as the sky, and flowers are not as good as the sky.

Dare to be angry and dare not speak.

The road is bumpy, draw your sword to help.

Have eyes but not know mount tai.

Winning or losing is a common occurrence in military strategists.

Zhao Kuo can read his father's books, but Wen Bin's death is stupid.

Don't regret it afterwards when you don't take it.

Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains alone.

Cherish yourself, heroes know heroes.

It's fate to meet thousands of miles away, but we never met.

Drag the Buddha's feet quickly and don't burn incense when you are free.

Happiness is too short for the night, and loneliness is longer for hatred.

As the tree, so the fruit.

Busy as a lost dog, anxious as a fish escaping from the net.

Softness is the foundation of human life, and strength is the embryo of trouble.

Strategy dares to bully Zhuge Liang, but Chen Ping is no match for talent.

Hidden in the chest are soldiers, and hidden in the abdomen are soldiers.

I read thousands of books, a clever mind all my life.

Great power can't compete with wisdom.

Love and hate are not heroes, but black and white are husbands.

If you want to live happily, you must die hard.

Standing with fists, walking with arms, walking with faces.

Strong in appearance is not as strong as strong in heart.

People have no bones and are not safe.

Shandong, the heart is in Wu, and the sea is full of stormy waves. When she was young, Ling dared to laugh at Huang Chao's husband.

Give extensive support and live somewhere tomorrow; Narrow roads are inevitable.

Just because clothes are worthless, I saw seven males in the grass.

The hut is secure and natural and fragrant. The world is cold and human feelings are the longest.

Unfortunately, there is no way out, and people come.

All troubles are never unbearable. Play it by ear, wait patiently, and wonderful enlightenment will bring light.

It turns out that women in the world have three ways of crying: crying with tears; Tears cry silently; No tears and no sound.

If the crock never leaves the well, the general will surely die in the battle.

If the emperor is willing to make it clear, the man will be a good woman and advocate it.

Wine is too colorful and charming.

What is rude to the people, but not to take money?

Don't be honest, be ruthless.

If there is no real loyalty on weekdays, things don't say life and death.

Holding a three-foot Longquan sword, never-ending swearing.

Serve the country wholeheartedly and make a name for yourself in history.

Take farming and reading as the foundation and diligence as the virtue.

Benevolence governs the world, and public rewards and punishments decide the war.

The sun is like fire, and the wild Tian He is half burnt.

Broad-minded, invincible; The words are grand, and the ambition of Lingyun is spit out.

It's hard to wash away your shame at present.

Self-deviation is natural.

The broken house was even worse overnight, and the leaky boat was blown by the wind.

There is no road in the sky, and there is no road underground.

How dare you not bow your head under the low eaves?

A thousand miles to send you, not never say goodbye.

Although Liangyuan is good, it is not the destination of long-term love.

The farmer's heart is like soup, and the son Wang Sun shakes it.

Forgive the past and open a new picture.

A moth puts out a fire and makes the flame burn.

A snake can't do it without a head, and a bird can't fly without wings.

After the event, I still fear that it is not true; You can't believe everything you say behind your back.

Don't ask honor or disgrace when you get started, just look at your face.

Being famous is better than meeting, and meeting is better than being famous.

Easy to get and easy to lose; It's hard to get and hard to lose.

Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, just for coming early and coming late.

The partition wall must have ears, and there is no one outside the window.

A gentleman seeks misfortune rather than happiness.

Not afraid of officials, but afraid of management.

Things are cold and warm, and people are high and low.

The hero's career has not been rewarded.