Confucius’s famous sayings about politics

The virtue of a gentleman is like the virtue of a villain, and the wind on the grass will destroy it.

The descendants do not seek Xia, the barbarians do not disrupt China, the captives do not make alliances, and the troops do not force the enemy to do well.

Civil and military policies are based on strategic policies. As long as the person survives, the government will flourish; if the person dies, the government will cease.

The king and his ministers should be polite. Ministers serve the king with loyalty.

Zilu asked Mr. Shi. Zi Ri: "Don't bully someone and then offend them."

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.

To not teach the people to fight is to abandon them.

Knowing and benevolence cannot keep it. Even if you gain it, you will lose it.

If you know it well, you can protect it with benevolence. If you don't show it, the people will not respect it.

It is not good to be aware of it, benevolent enough to guard it, and to treat it with care, but to move it without courtesy.

How to make people respect and be loyal and persuade them?

Confucius said: "If you approach someone with a villa, you will be respectful. If you are filial and kind, you will be loyal.

If you do good but cannot teach, then encourage."

First there is Si , forgive minor offenses and promote talented people.

The politicians must be upright, and the commander-in-chief must be upright. Who dares not to be upright? If you raise the straight and wrong, the people will obey; if you raise the straight and wrong, the people will not obey.

Why should I kill someone for political purposes? The son wants to be good and the people will be good.

The king benefits without wasting money, works without complaining, desires without being greedy, is peaceful without being arrogant, is powerful without being fierce.

Isn’t it beneficial to benefit the people for their own benefit without any expense?

If you choose something you can do and work hard, who will complain? If you desire benevolence and gain benevolence, how can you be greedy?

A gentleman has no crowd, no big or small, and no arrogance. Isn’t this peaceful and not arrogant?

When a gentleman straightens his clothes and respects his gaze, he makes people look at him and fear him. Isn’t this powerful but not fierce?

If you are not generous when you are on top, if you are disrespectful because of etiquette, if you are not mourning when you are in mourning, how can I observe it?

If you are good at etiquette, the people will not dare to be disrespectful; if you are good at righteousness, the people will not dare to be disobedient; if you are good at trust, then the people will not dare to be unkind.

Be careful in your end, pursue your goals, and the people’s moral will will be strong.

Killing without teaching is called cruelty; failure to discipline is called violence; being slow to follow orders is called a thief; just like dealing with others, being stingy as a cashier is called having trouble.

Government is based on virtue, such as Beichen, who lives in his place and is surrounded by stars.

What’s the point of being in politics if you keep yourself in good shape? If you can't rectify yourself, how can you rectify others?

A country with a thousand chariots, respecting things and being trustworthy, being frugal and loving others, so that the people can take care of themselves.

When you go out, you feel like you are seeing a distinguished guest, and the people feel like you are receiving a great sacrifice.

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

Those who live in this country, serve its officials as wise, and make friends with its scholars as benevolent.

The people are satisfied, but who is the king? If the people are not enough, which king will be enough?

The conduct of a gentleman is based on propriety.

To give, choose the thickest; to do things, lift them; to hold back, choose the thinnest.

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