The famous sayings of Mencius in the Analects of Confucius

1. The old are at peace with it, the friends believe in it, and the young are pregnant with it.

The translation hopes to allow the elderly to settle down, make friends trust themselves, and make young people miss themselves.

2. Getting rich and noble unjustly is like a floating cloud to me.

Translation Wealth and honor obtained through unkind means seem to me like floating clouds.

3. As a human being, he is so angry that he forgets to eat, and he is happy and forgets his worries. He does not know that old age is coming.

Translation He (Confucius) was a man who worked so hard that he even forgot to eat. He was so happy that he forgot all worries and didn't even know that he was getting old.

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

It is totally unacceptable for a person to be dishonest.

5. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

Translation: A gentleman understands great justice, but a villain only knows small profits.

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

Translation: A gentleman pays attention to coordination but maintains his own independent opinions; a villain does not pay attention to coordination without his own independent opinions.

7. A gentleman does not compare himself with others, while a villain does not compare himself with others.

Translation: A gentleman is gregarious and does not collude with others; a villain colludes with others and does not collude with others.

8. A gentleman is sick and incompetent. He is not aware of his illness.

Translation: A gentleman only worries about his own inability and does not worry about others not appreciating him.

9. Don’t worry about others but don’t know yourself, and worry about others if you don’t know them.

The translation is not afraid that others will not understand you, but only afraid that you will not understand others.

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

Translation A gentleman’s heart is flat and broad, while a villain is always troubled and sad.

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

In the coldest winter, we will know later that the leaves of pine and cypress trees are the last to wither.