1. Isn’t it true that one should learn and practice from time to time?
Translation: Is there anything more enjoyable than learning and practicing?
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"
2. Learning without thinking will lead to loss, and thinking without learning will lead to peril.
Translation: Only studying without thinking will lead to confusion. Thinking without learning is dangerous.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"
3. Knowing something is knowing it, and not knowing it is not knowing. This is knowing.
Translation: Knowing means knowing, not knowing means not knowing. This is true knowledge!
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"
4. Be quick and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions.
Translation: Smart and eager to learn, and able to humbly ask for advice from those with lower status than yourself without feeling ashamed.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"
5. By reviewing the past and learning the new, you can become a teacher.
Translation: Review the past and gain new insights from it. The past can serve as a teacher.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "Analects of Confucius"
6. If your parents are around, if you don't travel far, you will have a good way to travel.
Translation: While the parents are alive, the children do not travel far away; even if they go far away, they must have a certain place to go.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius's "The Analects"
7. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain has a lot of worries.
Translation: A gentleman has a broad mind, but a villain is always narrow-minded and full of worries.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "Analects of Confucius"
8. Be true to your word and bear fruit in your deed.
Translation: You must be honest when you speak, and you must be firm and decisive in doing things.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"
9. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.
Translation: Don’t impose on others what you don’t want.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius's "The Analects"
10. Virtue is not alone, it must have neighbors.
Translation: A person with high moral character will never be lonely. There must be like-minded people to accompany him.
From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "The Analects"