the nation is being faced by difficulties

diversiform

Advantageous to both public and private interest

Each holds his own opinion.

make public(put on record)

the flight of time

bold and decisive in one's actions(take one's courage in both hands)

One's country falls,one's home is destroyed.

a school of silver carps moving down a stream

make a last desperate effort

Too much is as bad as too little

look at one's reflection and admire oneself

so bright that it dazzles the eyes

exactitude(behave oneself; keep one's nose clean)

sleep peacefully without anxiety; rest easy

stand high and see far; show great fore sight

be quite beyond one's depth(enigmatic)

obstinate and self…willed

try to prolong one's exhausted panting

dynastic changes(change of regime)