Adou becomes emperor - weak and incompetent (Southern)

Binding his feet in a dark cave - blindly entangled

Think carefully to gain wisdom, chew carefully to gain taste.

502◆Fine work will produce skillful craftsmen, and fine mud will make good tiles.

503◆If you want to be good, you will be tired every day; if you want to be good, you will work hard.

504◆To achieve amazing art, you must work hard.

505◆Trees rely on people to cultivate, and learning relies on self-cultivation.

506◆Don’t leave the field while farming, and don’t leave the desk when reading.

507◆Pure trees early and teach your children while they are young.

508◆If you can’t drain the spring water, you can’t finish learning knowledge.

509◆You have to live and learn. Eighty years is still too little.

510◆It is better to educate your children than to save money, and it is better to read a book than to sit idle.

511◆Make candles to seek enlightenment, and read books to seek reason.

512◆My parents take good care of themselves, and I take care of myself.

513◆A friend is a road, an enemy is a wall.

514◆One family’s adopted daughter is sought after by hundreds of families.

515◆People are humane and the play is playful.

516◆People are eager to seek refuge with relatives, and birds are eager to seek refuge in the forest.

517◆The son loves the younger one, and the wife loves the Qiao one.

518◆ Having too many children is not as good as having too few, and having too few children is not as good as having too few.

519◆If you lose the land, you will not bear seeds; if you lose the people, you will not have friendship.

520◆It is better to choose friends than to make friends widely, and it is better to visit friends than to seek advice.

521◆The son does not think the mother is ugly, the dog does not think the family is poor.

522◆Ride to see if the horse is good or bad, and see if it is friendly or bad.

523◆A horse is good because of its bark, and a person is beautiful because of his appearance.

524◆No family can be built without a wife, and no house can be built without beams.

525◆Cocks fight head to head, husband and wife quarrel but do not hold grudges.

526◆The moon is full and wane, and people are different when they get together.

527◆Today’s visitors were a sign of good intentions in the past; today’s fight was a sign of good intentions in the past.

528◆The elder brother is like the father, and the elder sister-in-law is like the mother.

529◆The water cannot overflow the boat, and the profession cannot bully relatives.

530◆It takes charcoal to make iron, and food to raise children.

531◆When the season is not here, you don’t know how warm or cold you are;

532◆Rely on your friends when you go out and your parents at home.

533◆It’s better to jump on both feet than to smile.

534◆Sentimental people are full of water, but ruthless people are hungry after eating.

535◆Rotten wood cannot be used as a pillar, and bad people cannot be a companion.

536◆Eating well and dressing well are not as good as a couple growing old together.

537◆You know the pines and cypresses at the end of the year, and you can make friends in times of adversity.

538◆Those who know how to choose choose sons and daughters, and those who don’t know how to choose choose wealth.

539◆You can marry your opponent, but you can’t marry your gatekeeper.

540◆Those who know how to make friends will be friends to three generations, and those who can’t be friends will be friends to one generation.

541◆When traveling, you need good company, and when you live, you need good neighbors.

542◆ Make friends according to their thickness, and dress according to the weather.

543◆You can’t make friends without giving money, and you can’t make money with both.

544◆The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as before.

545◆A good dog does not bite a chicken, and a good man does not beat his wife.

546◆When buying a horse, you need to look at your words, but when making friends, you need to know your heart.

547◆Men are afraid of entering the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man.

548◆Don’t cut off close neighbors and don’t alienate distant friends.

549◆Good neighbors are priceless.