Classic quotes and aphorisms about correcting one’s mistakes

1. To do something wrong without knowing it is unwise; to know it but not be able to change it is uncourageous. ——Li Gou's "The Ninth Theory of Changes"

2. If you hear about it, you will be happy. If you know it, you will not hide it, and you will not be afraid to correct it. ——Lu Jiuyuan "With Fu Quanmei"

3. If there is something, correct it, if not, encourage it. ——Zhu Xi's "Annotations to the Four Books Chapters and Sentences·lt; Annotations to the Analects of Confucius gt; Volume 1"

4. It is not more valuable than having no faults, but more valuable than being able to correct them. ——Wang Shouren's "Repair"

5. Qin's evil people died after hearing about their mistakes, but Han's good plans were able to prosper after hearing about their mistakes. ——Volume 10 of Xue Xuan's "Study Record"

6. Correcting one's mistakes and carrying forward one's good qualities is called "cultivation". ——Yan Yuan's "Records of the Words and Deeds of Mr. Yan Xizhai"

7. Loyal words are unpleasant to the ear and beneficial to action, and good medicine is bitter to the mouth and beneficial to the disease. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

8. Move on when you see good things, and correct when you have mistakes. ——"Book of Changes·Yi·Xiang"

9. Don't hesitate to correct your mistakes. ——"Shang Shu·Zhong Hui's Edict"

10. If you don't be prepared for others, you will fail to check yourself. ——"Shang Shu Yi Xun"

11. Who has no fault? If you can change your past, there is no greater good. ——"Zuo Zhuan: The Second Year of Xuangong"

12. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong": If you make a mistake and don't correct it, this is really called a mistake.

13. Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses. ——"Old Tang Book Biography of Wei Zheng"

14. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are warned. ——Bai Juyi's "Nine Books of the Yuan Dynasty"

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