A collection of Confucian famous sayings and aphorisms

1. Zi Xunxun is very good at tempting people.

2. The Master said on the river: The deceased is like a man who does not give up day and night.

3. 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.

4. Right, then know the severity; degree, then know the length.

5. People do not do anything, and then they can do something.

6. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

7. A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.

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

9. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to be ignorant. This is wisdom.

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

11. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

12. Do not see anything inappropriate, hear nothing inappropriate, speak nothing inappropriate, or do anything inappropriate.

13. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. No resentment in the country, no resentment at home.

14. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

15. If you are not angry and enlightened, if you are not angry and angry, if you raise one point but do not counter it with three points, you will never recover.

16. Those who gain the right will get many help, while those who lose the right will get little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

17. Riches and honors cannot be indulged in adultery, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. This is called a true man.

18. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.

19. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his heart, and disturb his actions. Benefit from what it cannot do.

20. If there are no rules, there will be no square.

21. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

22. A wise man is not confused, a benevolent man is not worried, and a brave man is not afraid.

23. A scholar who aspires to the Tao but is ashamed of those who wear bad clothes and eat badly is not worthy of discussion.

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

25. A gentleman is slow in words but quick in deeds.

26. Rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be made flat.

27. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

28. A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in the back alleys, people can't bear the worries, and they won't change their happiness when they return. Xian Zai, come back.

29. Know things silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching.

30. Benevolence is far away. I want to be benevolent, but it can be as benevolent as possible.

31. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man.

32. Clever words mess up morality, while small impatience messes up big plans.

33. Righteous justice without seeking benefit, knowing the right way without considering merit.

34. Don’t worry about what others don’t know, but worry about what others don’t know.

35. I will examine myself three times a day.

36. The Five Beauties of a Gentleman: Benevolence without expense, labor without resentment, desire without greed, be peaceful without being arrogant, be powerful without being fierce.