The dead have left us. The living must live strong and well, so that the dead can rest in peace in heaven.

Original sentence "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan" Zihan was on the river and said: The deceased is like a man who does not give up day and night. It means that the passing time is like this rushing river, flowing continuously day and night.

This chapter of "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan" contains 31 chapters. It involves Confucius' thoughts on moral education; the discussions of Confucius' disciples on their teacher; in addition, it also describes some of Confucius' activities.

Extended information:

It was written during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was recorded and compiled by Confucius’s students and his students who re-transmitted it. By the Han Dynasty, there were three versions of the Analects circulating: "The Analects of Lu" (20 chapters), "The Analects of Qi" (22 chapters), and "The Analects of Ancient Chinese" (21 chapters). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan used the Analects of Lu as the base, compiled a new version with reference to the Analects of Qi and the Analects of Ancient Chinese, and added annotations.

After Zheng Xuan’s annotated version was circulated, the Analects of Qi and the Analects of Ancient Chinese were gradually lost. The main versions of the annotations of "The Analects" in subsequent dynasties are: "The Analects of Confucius" by He Yan in the Three Kingdoms period, "The Analects of Confucius" by Huang Kan of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, "Analects of Confucius" by Xing Yan in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi's "Analects of Confucius" in the Qing Dynasty Liu Baonan's "The Analects of Confucius" and so on.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan"