大唐，晋国公裴度，在未成名时家里是一贫如洗，经常吃了上顿没下顿，但他勤奋好学，一心求仕，妈妈告诉他“书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉”，能不能吃饱饭，能不能娶上媳妇儿，全靠锦绣文章了。有一天，裴度遇到了一个相师，求问功名啊，相师说，你谁啊？裴度。
袁了凡，明朝人，从小父亲死亡了，父亲是位悬壶济世的医生。临死前，看着年幼的儿子，想着他们孤儿寡母以后的生活，父亲对母亲说:“让孩子以后学医吧，学得一技之长，既可以养家糊口，又可以济世救人，学得好了，还可以成为一代名医。”
Have the reputation of being gracious. It is the chief glory of the high and mighty to be gracious， a prerogative of kings to conquer universal goodwill. That is the great advantage of a commanding position-to be able to do more good than others. Those make friends who do friendly acts. On the other hand， there are some who lay themselves out for not being gracious， not on account of the difficulty， but from a bad disposition. In all things they are the opposite of Divine grace.
