Confucius's famous sayings
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Be sensitive to things but cautious in words.
The translator should be proactive in doing things but cautious in speaking.
2
If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.
If you study without thinking, you will be blinded by the appearance of knowledge; if you think without studying, you will be more dangerous due to doubt
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People who have no faith do not know what is possible.
Translation If a person is not trustworthy, I really don’t know how he can do it. It's not okay to accuse people of not being trustworthy.
4
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: A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.
Translation A gentleman should be cautious in his words and quick in his actions. Ne
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è: slow language, not good at speaking
Min: agile
5
, virtue If you are not alone
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you must have neighbors.
Translation: A moral person will never be alone
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There will definitely be people close to him.
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Listen to his words and watch his actions.
After listening to his words, the translator also needs to watch his actions. It means don’t just listen to words, but also look at actual actions.
7
, sensitive and eager to learn
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not ashamed to ask questions.
Translation: smart. Be willing to learn from people whose knowledge or status is lower than yours without feeling embarrassed.
8
Be gentle and polite, and then be a gentleman.
The translation means that a person should have such qualities
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Only then can he be called a gentleman.
9
Respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them.
Translation: Respect ghosts and gods but stay away from them.
10
If you want to establish yourself, you can establish others; if you want to reach yourself, you can reach others.
Translation
If you cultivate your own moral character, you should also let others cultivate their moral character.
If you understand things yourself, you should also let others understand things.
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. Tell without writing, believe in and love the past.
Translation description: expounding the previous theories; writing: creation. It refers to only narrating and clarifying the doctrines of predecessors and not creating one's own.
Xin: believe; good: hobby. Believe in and love ancient things.
12
, Know it silently
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Be persistent in learning
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Teach people tirelessly.
Keep the knowledge you have learned silently in your heart, study diligently without being satisfied, and teach others without being tired.
13
Being rich and noble unjustly is like a floating cloud to me.
The translation is that a gentleman should acquire wealth in a wise way. The happiness and honor gained from ill-gotten wealth are like floating clouds to him
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Generally, they have no meaning.
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. Being so angry that you forget to eat, being happy and forgetting your worries, you don’t know that old age is coming.
Translation: I worked so hard that I didn’t even remember to eat. I was so happy that I forgot about my worries. I didn’t even notice that I was in the old state.
15
. When three people are walking together, I must be my teacher.
Translation Three people are traveling together, and among them there must be my teacher.
16
A gentleman is magnanimous
A villain always has a relationship.
Translation
A gentleman is cheerful
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Frank and clean in thought
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< p>The appearance and movements also appear to be very comfortable and stable.The villain has desires in his heart
Thoughts too much
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The psychological burden is heavy
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p>I often worry and worry
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My appearance and movements also appear uneasy.
17
When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither.
Translation: The weather is getting cold, and all the vegetation has withered. Only the pine and cypress trees are the last to wither.
The conclusion of life must be seen at the end. People can only see their personality in hardships and hardships, which cannot be seen in ordinary times.
18
The wise do not be confused, the benevolent do not worry, the brave do not fear.
Translation A wise person will not be confused
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A kind person will not be sad
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Brave people are not afraid.
19
. The beauty of a gentleman.
The translation says that a gentleman should promote good things for others.
20
If his body is upright, he will not do what he is told; if his body is not upright, he will not do what he is told.
Translation If he himself behaves well, even if he does not order others to do so, others will do it; if
He himself behaves badly, even if he orders others to do so, Others will not obey his orders.
21
If you see small gains, big things will not happen.
Translation: If you are greedy for petty gains, you will not achieve great things.
22
If you are not in your position, you will not pursue your political affairs.
If the translator does not hold this position, he will not inquire about matters within the scope of this position.
23
If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.
If the translator does not consider the long term, immediate worries will definitely arise. It means that you should have a long-term vision and careful consideration when looking at and doing things.
24
Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.
Don’t impose on others what you don’t want.
25
A small impatience will mess up a big plan.
If you cannot tolerate small things
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it will disrupt the big plan.
26
Knowing is knowing
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Not knowing is not knowing
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< p>It is knowledge.Translation If you know, you know.
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If you don’t know, you don’t know.
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This is smart manner.
27
Three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.
Translation: An army commander may be taken away, but an ordinary person's ambition cannot be taken away.
28
To listen to the Tao and talk in vain is to abandon virtue.
What is translated is heard on the road and spreads on the road
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This is a style that moral people should abandon.
29
We have different paths and do not seek each other.
The translations have different ambitions and do not plan *** things together.
Attitude towards life
30
Be so angry that you forget to eat, be happy and forget your worries, not knowing that old age is coming.
Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Han Fei, Zi Mozi
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(Mencius said:
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If Xi Zishi is dirty, others will cover their noses when passing by her;
Although he is an ugly person, if he fasts and bathes, he can still offer sacrifices to God. .
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Mencius said:
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There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world: the four branches of the Sui Dynasty, regardless of the support of their parents, The first is unfilial; playing games and lusting after wine, and not caring about the support of parents, the second is unfilial; the love of goods and wealth, having an unfilial wife, and not caring about the support of parents, the third is unfilial; following the ears and eyes
Desire means killing one's parents, which is the fourth form of unfilial piety; being brave and ruthless, endangering one's parents, is the fifth form of unfilial piety.
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(Li Louxia)
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(Mencius said:
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People in the world often say that there are five unfilial things: laziness of limbs,
( Not engaged in childbirth) does not care about parents' lives, which is unfilial; loves to play chess and drinking, and does not care about parents' lives, which is unfilial; greedy for money, favors wife
Children, does not care There are three unfilial piety in the life of parents; the fourth unfilial piety is to indulge the desires of the eyes and ears, which brings shame to parents;
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Mencius said
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Everyone has a heart of compassion; everyone has a heart of shame and disgust; Everyone has a heart of respect; everyone has a heart of right and wrong. The heart of compassion is benevolence; the heart of shame and hatred is righteousness; the heart of respect is etiquette; the heart of right and wrong is wisdom. Benevolence, justice, propriety, and wisdom are not inherent in me, but they come from outside.
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(Gaozi 1)
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(Mencius said:
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Everyone has the heart to sympathize with others; everyone has the heart to feel ashamed;
Everyone has a respectful heart; everyone has a clear sense of right and wrong. Sympathy belongs to benevolence, shame and disgust belong to righteousness,
Respect belongs to propriety, and the heart of right and wrong belongs to wisdom. This benevolence, justice, etiquette and wisdom are not imposed on me by outsiders. They are something that I already have, but I just didn’t think about pursuing them.
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Mencius said:
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Benevolence is the human heart; righteousness is the way of a person. It is a pity to abandon one's way but not to follow it, to let go of one's heart and not know what to ask for! If a person has
roosters and dogs,
he knows how to seek them;
if he has peace of mind, he does not know how to seek them.
There is no other way to learn.
Just ask for peace of mind.
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(Gaozi 1)
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(Mencius said:
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Benevolence is the heart of man, and righteousness is the way of man. It’s so sad to give up on the right path and not pursue it, to lose your conscience and not to pray.
It’s so sad! When people lose their chickens and dogs, they know how to look for them, but when their conscience is lost, they don’t know how to look for it. The principle of learning is the same as just finding the lost conscience.
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Mencius said:
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The Tongzi in the arch,
People want to live in it, < /p>
Everyone knows why they are nourished.
As for the body,
who does not know how to nourish it,
how can he love the body any less than Tongzi? Firth is nothing.
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(Gaozi 1)
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(Mencius said:
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It is only one or two thick tung trees and catalpa trees. If people want to make them grow, they all know how to make them grow.
How to cultivate it.
As for myself,
but I don’t know how to cultivate it.
Isn’t it better to love yourself than to love the tung tree and the catalpa tree?
It’s so mindless.
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Mencius said:
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The body is noble or inferior, big or small. Nothing can harm the great with the small, and nothing can harm the noble with the humble. Those who raise others to be big are called villains, and those who raise others to be big are called adults.
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(Gaozi 1)
Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Han Fei, Zi Mozi
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The body has important parts and unimportant parts, big and small parts. Don't protect small parts at the expense of large parts, don't protect minor parts at the expense of important parts.
People who only care for small parts of their bodies are low-moral people, while people who care for large parts of their bodies are noble gentlemen.
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Mencius said:
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People cannot be shameless;
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(Dedicated)
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(Mencius said:
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One cannot be without shame,
the kind of shame that does not know shame,
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This is a real shame.
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Cao Jiao asked:
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Everyone can be Yao and Shun, but how many of them are there?
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Mencius said:
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Of course.
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(Part II)
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Cao Jiao asked:
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Everyone can become a good person like Yao and Shun. Is this true?
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Mencius said:
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Yes.
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Mencius said:
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It is a great shame for people, and for those who are clever in making changes, there is no use for shame. If you are not ashamed and not like a human being, why should you be like a human being?
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(Dedicated)
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(Mencius said:
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Shame is of great importance to people, and there is no place for people who engage in deceitful and speculative things
< p>Those who have a sense of shame. If you are not ashamed of not being able to catch up with others, how can you catch up with others?"
Mencius said:
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The hungry eat willingly, the thirsty drink willingly, this is the right diet that has not been achieved. Drinking is harmful to thirst. Isn't hunger and thirst the only harm in the mouth and stomach? Human hearts are also harmful. If a person does not regard the harm of hunger and thirst as harm to his heart, then he is inferior to a person who does not worry about it.
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(Dedicated)
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(Mencius said:
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Whatever a hungry person eats is delicious, and what a thirsty person drinks is sweet. This is because he has not tasted it. /p>
He cannot taste the normal taste of water and food because hunger and thirst have impaired his sense of taste. Is it just the mouth, tongue and belly
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Is there any damage caused by hunger and thirst? Human hearts are similarly damaged. If people can prevent the damage caused by hunger and thirst from becoming damage to the human heart, then they will not worry about being inferior to others.
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Mencius said:
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He who talks about the near but refers to the far is a good talker; he who keeps his promise and shows kindness , good way. The words of a gentleman are as long as the Tao remains; if a gentleman is guarded, he cultivates his body and the world is at peace. When a person is sick, he abandons his own land and leaves it for others.
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Those who seek from others are more important,
but those who take responsibility for themselves are less important.
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(Try your best)
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(Mencius said:
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Words that are simple in language but profound in meaning are good words; they are simple in use but have a wide impact
method, this belongs to the good way. A gentleman's words may seem ordinary but they contain profound moral meaning; a gentleman's conduct
behaves
by cultivating himself and then achieving peace in the world.
The problem with most people is that they leave their own fields behind.
Sow and cultivate other people’s fields.
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To others The requirements are very strict, but I bear very little responsibility.
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