1. Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. ——University

2. Everything will be established if you hesitate, and if you don’t hesitate, it will be ruined. ——The Doctrine of the Mean

3. If you love something, you will know its evil; if you hate it, you will know its goodness. ——Book of Rites

4. Jade cannot be used without polishing, and people cannot understand it without learning. ——Book of Rites

5. Learn, and then you will know your shortcomings; teach, and then you will know your shortcomings. ——Book of Rites

6. Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. ——Book of Rites

7. Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups. ——The Book of Changes

8. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. ——Shang Shu

9. For nine years, one's achievements fall short. ——Shu Jing

10. Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease, and loyal words are hard on the ears and good for action. ——Family Classics

11. When traveling on the great road, the world is for the common good. ——Book of Rites

12. Knowing shame is almost courageous. ——The Book of Rites

13. The way of civil and military affairs is to relax one by one. ——Book of Rites

14. When poverty leads to change, change leads to generalization, and generality leads to long-term development. ——The Book of Changes

15. The people are the foundation of a country, and the foundation is the foundation of the country. ——Shu Jing

16. Reciprocity is a courtesy, but it is unethical to not reciprocate. ——Book of Rites

17. A leaf obscures the eyes, and Mount Tai cannot be seen. Plug your ears with beans and don't hear the thunder. ——Guanzi

18. It is universally applicable. ——Book of Rites

19. The emperor cannot live forever. ——Book of Rites

20. A single spark can start a prairie fire. ——Shu Jing

21. Pay lip service but fail to deliver, and blame the disaster and its people. ——Book of Rites

22. Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. ——The Analects of Confucius

23. By reviewing the past and learning the new, you can become a teacher. ——The Analects of Confucius

24. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. ——The Analects of Confucius

25. What a joy it is to learn and practice from time to time! ——The Analects of Confucius

26. A gentleman uses literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence. ——The Analects of Confucius

27. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried. ——The Analects of Confucius

28. When you work hard, you forget to eat; when you are happy, you forget your excellence; you don’t know that old age is coming. ——The Analects of Confucius

29. Repay grievance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness. ——Confucius

30. A gentleman seeks for himself, while a villain seeks for others. ——Confucius

31. Clever words confuse morality, and small impatience confuses big plans. ——Confucius

32. People with different paths should not conspire with each other. ——Confucius

33. Is Ji Sunzhi worried about you? In a moment, it was within Xiao Qiang. ——Confucius

34. Don’t worry about poverty but worry about inequality; don’t worry about scarcity but worry about insecurity. ——Confucius

35. No one is poor, no one is widowed, no one is widowed. ——Confucius

36. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ——Confucius

37. Being rich and noble through unrighteousness is like a floating cloud to me. ——Confucius

38. The people can follow it, but they cannot know it. ——Confucius

39. If you are not in your position, you will not seek political power.

——Confucius