Confucius on Learning

Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, this is knowing.

If I am the author without knowing it, then I am not the author. If you hear a lot, choose the good ones and follow them; if you see a lot, you will recognize them.

If you are holy, I can’t do it. I am never tired of learning and never tire of teaching.

If you don’t learn enough, you are afraid of losing it.

Smart and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions.

Use the able to ask questions about the incompetent, ask too many questions about the few; if there is something there, if there is nothing, if it is true, it will be false, and you will make mistakes without correcting them.

Inspired by poetry, established in etiquette. Be happy.

Aspire to the Tao, base on virtue, rely on benevolence, and wander in art.

If you are not angry, you will not be enlightened, and if you are not angry, you will not be angry. If you take one corner and don't turn it back with three, there will be no recovery.

Those who know something are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

I don’t eat all day long, stay up all night, and think about it, it’s useless, it’s not as good as learning.

Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is peril.

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

Isn’t it true that one should learn and practice from time to time?

You can become a teacher by reviewing the past and learning the new.

The sun knows where he is dead, and the moon has not forgotten what he can do. It can be said that he is eager to learn.

If you don’t learn poetry, you won’t be able to express it.

Poetry can be exciting, watchable, group-building, and resentful. Those who are near serve the father, and those who are far away serve the king; they are more familiar with the names of birds, beasts, grass and trees.

People have no permanence and cannot be witch doctors.

There is no distinction between teaching and learning.

I am not without teachings even if I have restrained myself.

Political motto

Politics must be upright, and commanders must be upright. Who dares to be unjust?

If you raise the straight and mistake the false, the people will obey; if you raise the straight and false, the people will not obey.

Why should I kill someone for the purpose of government? The son wants to be good and the people will be good. The virtue of a gentleman, the virtue of a villain, and the wind on the grass will surely destroy it.

The descendants will not seek Xia, the barbarians will not disrupt China, the captives will not join the alliance, and the troops will not be forced.

The way is governed by government, and the order is punished, so that the people can avoid it without shame;

If you are good at propriety, then the people will not dare to be disrespectful; if you are good at righteousness, then the people will not dare to be disobedient; if you are good at trust, then the people will not dare to be disrespectful.

Be careful in your end, pursue your goals far away, and the people's morality will be strong.

Killing without teaching is called cruelty; failure to discipline is called violence; being slow to follow orders is called a thief; just like dealing with others, being stingy as a cashier is called having trouble.

Government is based on virtue, such as Beichen, who lives in his place and is surrounded by stars.

What’s the point of being in politics if you keep yourself in good shape? If you can't rectify yourself, how can you rectify others?

A country with a thousand chariots should respect things and be trustworthy, be economical and love others, so that the people can take care of themselves.

When you go out, you feel like you are seeing a distinguished guest, and the people feel like you are receiving a great sacrifice.

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Those who live in this country, serve its officials as wise people, and make friends with its scholars as benevolent people.

The people are enough, but who is the king? If the people are not enough, which king will be enough?

The conduct of a gentleman is based on propriety. To give, take the thickest; to do things, to lift them; to collect, take the thinnest.