Confucius's famous sayings

1. When you are angry, you forget to eat; when you are happy, you forget about your worries; you don't know that old age is coming...

2. Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest on them, and enjoy them.

3. Being rich and noble through unrighteousness is like a floating cloud to me.

4. You are so virtuous, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people cannot bear their worries. Even if I return, I will not change my joy. You are so virtuous, come back!

5. A scholar who aspires to the Tao but is ashamed of those who wear bad clothes and eat badly is not enough to discuss it.

6. Wealth and honor are what people want; if they don’t follow the right path, they won’t get it. Poverty and lowliness are what people hate; if you don't follow the right path, you won't get rid of them.

7. If you are rich and can be sought after, even if you are a man with a whip, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, do as I like.

8. Wouldn’t it be nice to have friends come from afar? Think of righteousness when you see benefit, and give orders when you see danger.

9. Cultivation of oneself in order to respect others... Cultivation of oneself in order to appease others... Cultivation of oneself in order to appease the people.

10. You can support an orphan six feet away, you can send a life a hundred miles away, and you can't take it away during a big festival.

11. A man with lofty ideals and benevolence will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence.

12. The king died due to illness and his name was not known.

13. Those who are upright are upright and righteous. Observe words and colors, and consider the following people.

14. A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.

15. It is easy for a gentleman to say (pleasant) but difficult to say (pleasant). To say (pleasant) is not to follow the way, but not to say (pleasant).

16. A gentleman’s official duties are to act righteously.

17. Zi said Yu Chan. "There are four ways of a gentleman: he behaves respectfully to himself, he is respectful in his conduct, he is kind to the people when he nourishes them, and he is righteous in his conduct to the people."

18. A gentleman is harmonious but different, and a villain is the same. Rather than harmonious.

19. A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but not a party.

20. A gentleman is careful but does not compare, and a villain is not careful when comparing himself to others.

21. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried.

22. A benevolent person will not worry, a knowledgeable person will not be confused, and a brave person will not be afraid.

23. Act with interests in mind and complain too much.

24. If you seek benevolence and gain benevolence, there is no need to complain.

25. When quality is better than literature, the country will be wild; when literature is better than quality, history will be achieved. Be polite, then be a gentleman.

26. The gentleman seeks the road but not the food. The gentleman worries about the road but not the poverty.

27. In French, can it be said that it is useless? Change it to expensive.

28. ("Zhuan" removes the handle) If you talk to it, can you say nothing? It is precious to interpret it. If I say it but don’t explain it, and therefore don’t change it, then I’m done with it.

29. Seeing the good is like exploring the water, seeing the bad is like exploring the soup.

30. A gentleman respects the virtuous and tolerates others, praises the good but is reserved.

31. A scholar who cares about his home is not enough to be a scholar!

32. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up.

33. Do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

34. If you want to establish yourself, you can establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you can achieve others.

35. If you treat yourself well and blame others poorly, you will be far from resentful.

36. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should introspect yourself.

37. If you are a three-person person, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

38. I have to examine myself three times today: Have I been dishonest in my conduct for others? Have I trusted my friends after making friends? Have I not been accustomed to spreading the word?

39. Be respectful when you live, and be respectful when serving. , Be loyal to others.

40. A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world. He speaks faithfully and acts respectfully. This is true even in a barbaric country. If one is disloyal in words and disrespectful in deeds, how can one behave even in the state?

41. If one behaves with shame, and can be sent to all directions without dishonoring the emperor's order, he can be called a scholar.

42. Confucius said: "He who can do the five things will be benevolent in the world." Please ask. Said: "Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, and benefit. Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means being able to do whatever you want, being sensitive means being successful, and being merciful means being able to win over others."

43. A gentleman takes righteousness as a pledge, conducts it with propriety, develops it as a grandson, and fulfills it with faith. You are a gentleman!

44. If you make mistakes without correcting them, you have made mistakes!

45. If you make mistakes without correcting them, you are in a hurry to make corrections.

46. Don’t express your anger, don’t make mistakes twice.

47. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition!

48. If a person does not have long-term concerns, he will have immediate worries.

49. No haste, no small gain. If you want haste, you will not achieve anything; if you see small profits, you will not achieve great things.

50. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go.

Isn't it too important to be benevolent when one considers one's own responsibilities? Isn't it too far to follow one's own life after death?