"A board following the thread will be cut straight, and a man taking good advice will be just and fair. "

"Man follows the times, and water flows with the tides. "

"Better keep the soldiers idle for a hundred years, than to find them absent for one day. "

"A tree cannot grow without its root and a flower cannot bloom without its centercore. "

 Proverbs on Life

This kind of proverbs reflect the basic experience and laws inpeople's dailylives, and it cover many aspects, such as clothing, food, accommodation, transportation, birth, aging, illness and death, etc. .
For example, "Don't be picky about what you wear and eat, be it square or round."

"Smiles make one younger; worries make one older."

"Man lives by the soil for a whole life and the soil buries him only one time. "---- Shanxi Proverb

"Spring is the best time to visit Tiantai Mountain and autumn is the best time to visitYandang Mountain. "---- Zhejiang Proverb

 Proverbs on Household

This kind of proverbs reflect the basic experience and laws of people's family life and cover many aspects, such as housekeeping, families, child raising, getting along with neighbors, etc..

For example, "Salt is the best of all seasonings; mother is the dearest one in the world."