Lin Zexu's Ten Family Instructions
If you are not kind at heart, it is useless to pay attention to Feng Shui.
2, parents are unfilial, and it is useless to serve God.
If you are not filial to your parents, it is useless to worship the gods again.
3, brothers are not harmonious, it is useless to make friends.
Brothers don't get along well, what's the use of making more friends outside!
4, misconduct, reading is useless.
A person's words and deeds are not correct, and reading more books will not change his temperament.
5, the heart is arrogant, learning is useless.
If a person is arrogant and doesn't listen to different opinions, it's useless for him to study again.
6, do things perversely, smart and useless.
If a person is paranoid and unreasonable, then no matter how smart he is, he can't make good friends.
7, bad luck, begging nowhere.
If it's not time yet, it's useless to insist on doing your own thing and let nature take its course!
It's no use taking other people's money.
If a person obtains money through improper means, it is not advisable for him to use it for charity!
9, at the expense of vitality, medicine is useless.
If a person doesn't care about his health, he often stays up late and does some activities that are not conducive to his health, which hurts his vitality. No amount of medicine can change his health afterwards!
10, lust is useless.
If a person's life is extravagant and dissolute, it is useless to do good deeds and accumulate more virtues!