Classic quotations in the Analects of Confucius

Classic quotations in the Analects of Confucius. The Analects of Confucius was compiled by the disciples and re-disciples of the thinker and educator Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period to record the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. A collection of quotations was written in the early Warring States period. This book not only had a profound impact on ancient people, but also has profound guiding significance for our contemporary people. Below I will briefly share with you the classic quotations from the Analects of Confucius. If you are interested, please come and take a look! Classic Quotations from the Analects 1

Classic Sentences from the Analects

1. Those who have gone by cannot be admonished, but those who have come can still be pursued.

2. I cannot see a saint, but I can only see a gentleman.

3. A benevolent person must be brave, but a brave person does not have to be benevolent.

4. What you look up to becomes taller, and what you drill into becomes stronger.

5. There are three hundred poems, one word is written in detail, and the thoughts are innocent.

6. Putting benefits first before acting, and complaining too much.

7. When making friends, keep your word.

8. Aspire to Tao, base on virtue, rely on benevolence, and swim in art.

9. Live as a hero, and die as a ghost.

10. A gentleman is peaceful but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.

11. It feels warm when you look at it.

12. A woman is a gentleman and a Confucian scholar, but nothing is a villain.

13. A gentleman does not use words to promote others, nor does he use people to waste words.

14. Three friends are beneficial: friends who are straightforward, friends who are understanding, and friends who are knowledgeable.

15. A gentleman cherishes virtue, while a villain cherishes earthliness. A gentleman cherishes punishment, while a villain cherishes favor.

16. If everyone is good, you will have to check it; if everyone is evil, you will have to check it.

17. People who have no faith do not know what is possible. A big cart has no legs, a small cart has no bumps, how can it move!

18. Looking back at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved through diligence and frugality, and destruction was achieved through luxury.

19. If quality is better than literature, then you will be wild; if literature is better than quality, you will be history. If you are gentle and gentle, then you will be a gentleman.

20. Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest your head on it, and enjoy it. Being rich and noble without justice is like a floating cloud to me.

21. Etiquette is practiced, Sun is used to express it, and Faith is used to achieve it.

22. Being a scholar is not enough to be a scholar.

23. If there is a way in the world, you will see it; if there is no way, you will hide it.

24. The king treats his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty.

25. Don’t worry about what others don’t know. You don’t know who is in trouble.

26. When your parents are old, you must know that one is happy and the other is fearful.

27. Eight people dancing in the court are tolerable, but which one is intolerable?

28. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. If you live in this country, you will be a wise person serving its officials and a benevolent friend to its scholars.

29. There are three friends who benefit and three friends who harm. Friends who are straight, friends who are understanding, and friends who are knowledgeable are beneficial. If you have friends, you will be brave. If you are friendly, you will be gentle. If you have friends, you will be sycophantic, which is a loss.

30. A benevolent man, if he wants to establish himself, he can establish others; if he wants to achieve himself, he can help others.

31. Wrong words and bad ethics. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.

32. When a gentleman does not know what he knows, it is like building a gap.

33. How can a gentleman live here?

34. Be respectful in your place of residence, respectful in your work, and loyal to others; even if you are a barbarian, you should not abandon it.

35. A gentleman cannot know a little but can suffer greatly; a villain cannot suffer a lot but can know a little.

36. Respect, tolerance, trust, sensitivity and benefit. If you are respectful, you will not be insulted, if you are tolerant, you will win people, if you are trustworthy, you will be accepted by others, if you are sensitive, you will be successful, and if you are kind, you will be able to win over others.

37. Give advice and practice it well, but stop if it doesn’t work.

38. If you are determined to be benevolent, there is no evil.

39. Don’t express your anger and never make mistakes.

40. To govern with virtue is like Beichen, who lives in his place and is surrounded by stars.

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

42. A benevolent person speaks sincerely.

43. If you are not angry or enlightened, if you are not angry and angry, if you raise one corner and don’t counter it with three corners, you will never recover.

44. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

45. Disciple, be filial when you enter, be a younger brother when you go out, be sincere and trustworthy, love others universally, and be kind. If you have enough energy to do it, study literature.

46. If you don’t know destiny, you can’t be a gentleman; if you don’t know etiquette, you can’t stand up; if you don’t know words, you can’t understand people.

47. The sun knows where one is dead, and the moon does not forget what one can do. It can be said that one is eager to learn.

48. Think of others when you see the good, and reflect on yourself when you see the unworthy.

49. I will not fight with the violent tiger Feng He who dies without any regrets.

50. Don’t worry about scarcity but worry about inequality; don’t worry about poverty but worry about insecurity.

51. The nature of heaven and earth is that humans are precious. There is nothing greater than filial piety in a person's behavior.

52. A wise man is as good as water, and the sea accepts all rivers; a benevolent man looks up to the mountains, and his virtues carry everything.

53. Sacrificing someone who is not a ghost is flattery. Not doing what is right is a lack of courage.

54. Moderation is a virtue, it’s so perfect! The people have been popular for a long time.

55. Whoever says nothing will be rewarded with three rays of spring.

56. The wise enjoy the water, and the benevolent enjoy the mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still. The wise are happy, the benevolent live long.

57. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment.

58. Don’t complain about heaven, don’t blame others, learn from the bottom and reach the top. He who knows me is the heaven!

59. Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy?

60. Virtuous people change their appearance; serve your parents to the best of your ability; serve your king to the best of your ability; make friends and keep your word. Classic quotations from the Analects 2

Famous aphorisms from the Analects

1. Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, which is knowing.

2. A gentleman who is brave but unjust will commit chaos; a villain who is brave but unrighteous will be a thief.

3. A gentleman is chaste but unforgiving.

4. I want to be benevolent, and I am extremely benevolent.

5. I examine myself three times every day.

6. Self-denial and courtesy are regarded as benevolence.

7. If quality is better than literature, then you will be wild; if literature is better than quality, you will be history; if literature is better than quality, you will be a gentleman.

8. Think of righteousness when you see benefit, and give orders when you see danger.

9. Respect teachers with respect, love others and be kind.

10. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

11. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes.

12. It is useless for me not to eat all day long and to think about it all night long. It is not as good as learning.

13. When the year is cold, the pines and cypresses will wither.

14. If you don’t feel guilty if you look inward, you will have nothing to worry about.

15. All evil must be observed, and all good must be observed.

16. Do what you say first, and then follow it.

17. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster.

18. People who have no faith do not know what is possible.

19. A wise man never loses his people or loses his words.

20. When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful, and when a man is about to die, his words are also kind. Classical Quotations from the Analects 3

Classical Sentences from the Analects

1. If you practice the above by yourself, I will not be without teachings.

2. Be faithful and eager to learn, and stick to the good path. Do not enter a dangerous country, and do not live in a chaotic country. If there is a way in the world, you will see it; if there is no way, you will hide it. If a country has good moral principles, it will be a shame to be poor and humble; if a country has no moral principles, it will be a shame to be rich and noble.

3. What you say must be true, and what you do must be fruitful. What a villain!

4. A gentleman is knowledgeable and well versed in literature, and when he makes an appointment with courtesy, he can also stay close to his husband.

5. Treat others with dignity and respect, be filial and kind, be loyal, do good deeds and encourage others if you cannot teach them.

6. Gentlemen are harmonious but not uniform; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.

7. If you want to establish yourself, you should establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you should achieve others.

8. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

9. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no self.

10. Be true to your words, be faithful to your expectations, and be the best in the world.

11. A gentleman’s fault is like the eclipse of the sun and the moon.

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

13. It is not in Zhuan Yu, but within Xiao Qiang.

14. Friends who are straightforward, understanding, and knowledgeable are beneficial.

15. When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither.

16. People are born straight, and they are born recklessly, and they are lucky to be spared.

17. People who have no faith do not know what is possible. There is no big cart or small cart, so how can it move?

18. Not changing your ways to your father for three years can be called filial piety.

19. Clever words and charming words, fresh and benevolent!

20. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment.

21. A gentleman will never violate benevolence, and he will do what he does wrong, and he will do what is wrong.

22. Don’t blame God or blame others.

23. When things are difficult and there is something to do, the disciple will do the work; if there is wine and food, the teacher will eat the food, which is considered filial piety.