Classic sayings of the ancient philosophical thinker Confucius

1. Confucius said: "The wise enjoy water, the benevolent enjoy mountains; the wise are active, the benevolent are still; the wise are happy, and the benevolent live long." Translation Confucius said: "Wise people like water, kind people like mountains; wise people are active, kind people like silence; wise people are happy, and kind people live long."

2. Ye Gong asked Confucius about Zilu. Zilu was wrong. Confucius said: "Don't you think that this is a human being who is so angry that he forgets to eat, and is so happy that he forgets his worries and does not know that he is approaching old age?" Confucius taught four things: literature, conduct, loyalty, and trustworthiness.

3. Confucius said: "A gentleman is magnanimous, while a villain has long-term worries." Translation Confucius said: "A gentleman has a broad mind, while a villain is sad and sad."

4. Confucius said : "If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern."

5. Confucius said: "The descendants are to be feared. How can we know that those who come are not as good as they are now?"

6. Confucius said: " The three armies can seize the commander, but the ordinary man cannot seize the will." 7. Confucius said: "The wise do not be confused, the benevolent do not worry, the brave do not fear."

8. Confucius said: "When the years are cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither."

9. Confucius said: "The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man. The villain is."

10. Yan Yuan asked Benevolence. Confucius said: "To restrain oneself and return to propriety is benevolence. For one day to restrain oneself and return to propriety, the world will return to benevolence. Benevolence depends on oneself, but not on others?" Yan Yuan said: "Excuse me." Confucius said: "Don't look at anything that is not propriety, it is not propriety. Don't listen, don't say anything that's not polite, don't do anything that's not polite. "Yan Yuan said, "Although I'm not quick to respond, please tell me this." The deceased was like this, and he didn't give up day and night.

11. Being rich and noble through unjust means is like a floating cloud to me.

12. It is not enough for a scholar to aspire to the Tao but be ashamed of his bad clothes and bad food. If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand up.

13. When three of us travel together, we must be our teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. To know is to know, and to not know is to know. This is knowledge. He is sensitive and eager to learn, and he is not ashamed to ask questions.

14. The descendants do not seek Xia, the barbarians do not disrupt China, the captives do not join the alliance, and the troops do not force the enemy to do well. Be cautious in the end, pursue the goal far away, and the people's morality will be strong. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. A little impatience will mess up a big plan. An ordinary man cannot seize his will. They have different ways and do not seek each other.

15. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

16. Xian Zai, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people can't bear to worry about it. Even if I return, I will not change my joy. Xian Zai, come back! Wealth and honor are what people want; if they don't follow the right path, they won't get it. Poverty and lowliness are what people hate; if you don't follow the right path, you won't get rid of them.

17. A man with lofty ideals and benevolence will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence. Gentlemen are harmonious but different; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.

18. Confucius said: "Knowing words make people look beautiful, and benevolence is fresh."

19. Confucius said: "A gentleman does not seek to be full when he eats, and does not seek peace when living. He is quick to do things and cautious in doing things." If you speak in a right way, you can be said to be eager to learn."

20. Confucius said: "Don't worry about others, but you don't know others."

21 , Confucius said: "There are three hundred poems, which can be summed up in one sentence, saying: 'Thinking is innocent.'"

22. Confucius said: "I am determined to learn when I am fifteen, and when I am thirty, I am determined to learn." When you stand, you will not be confused at forty, you will know the destiny at fifty, your ears will be attuned at sixty, and you will follow your heart's desires at seventy without going beyond the rules."

23. Confucius said: "You can become a teacher by reviewing the past and learning the new. . ”

24. Confucius said: “A gentleman does not compare himself with others, but a villain does not compare himself with others. ”

25. Confucius said: “Guan Ju”, be happy but not lewd. , sad but not sad."

26. Confucius said: "Don't tell when something is done, don't admonish it when it is done, don't blame the past."

27. Confucius said: "When you hear the truth in the morning, you will do it in the evening. "It's okay to die." Confucius said: "A gentleman is about righteousness, and a villain is about benefit."

28. Confucius said: "When you see a good person, you should think about it, and when you see a bad person, you should reflect on yourself."

29. Confucius said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be leveled. How can I be punished?"

30. Ji Wenzi thinks twice before acting. Confucius heard this and said: "Again, this is enough."

31. Confucius said: "Ning Wuzi, if a country has the Way, it will be wise, if there is no Way, it will be foolish. Its wisdom can be reached, but its stupidity cannot be reached. "

32. Confucius said: "If quality is better than literature, then history will be better. If literature is worse than quality, then history will be better."

33. Confucius said: "Those who know it are not as good as others. Those who are good are not as good as those who are happy. ”

34. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried.

35. The benevolent do not worry, the knowledgeable do not confuse, the brave do not fear.

36. Acting only for profit and complaining too much.

37. Seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence, why complain.

38. If quality is better than literature, then the country will be wild; if literature is better than quality, then history will be achieved. Be polite, then be a gentleman.

39. A gentleman seeks the road but not the food. The gentleman worries about the road but not the poverty.

40. How can we not care about French? Change it to expensive. How can Xun say nothing to him? Make it valuable. If I say it but don’t explain it, and therefore don’t change it, then I’m done with it.

41. Seeing the good is like exploring the soup.

42. A gentleman respects the virtuous and tolerates others, praises the good but is reserved.

43. Being a scholar is not enough to be a scholar!

44. When you are so angry that you forget to eat, and when you are happy you forget your worries, and you don’t know that old age is coming...

45. Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest your head on it, and you will also enjoy it. . Being rich and noble without justice is like a floating cloud to me.

46. Xian Zai, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people can't bear to worry about it. Even if I return, I will not change my joy. Xian Zai, come back!

47. It is not enough for a scholar to aspire to the Tao but be ashamed of his bad clothes and bad food.

48. Wealth and honor are what people want; if they don’t follow the right path, they won’t get it. Poverty and lowliness are what people hate; if you don't follow the right path, you won't get rid of them.

49. Wealth can be sought after, even if you are a whip-wielding man, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, do as I like.

50. Isn’t it great to have friends from far away?

51. Think of righteousness when you see benefit, and give orders when you see danger.

52. Cultivation of oneself in order to respect others... Cultivation of oneself in order to appease others... Cultivation of oneself in order to appease the people.

53. You can support an orphan six feet away, and you can send a life a hundred miles away. You can't take it away during the big festival.

54. A man with lofty ideals and benevolence will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence.

55. The king died due to illness and his name was not known.

56. Those who are upright are upright and righteous. Observe words and colors, and consider the following people.

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

58. It is easy for a gentleman to say (pleasant) but difficult to say (pleasant). Saying (pleasant) is not done in the right way, not saying (pleasant).

59. A gentleman’s official duties are to act righteously.

60. Zi said Yu Chan. "There are four ways of a gentleman: he behaves respectfully to himself, he is respectful in his conduct, he is kind to the people when he nourishes them, and he is righteous in his conduct to the people."

61. The gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is the same. Rather than harmonious.

62. A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but not a party.

63. A gentleman is not careful in comparing himself with others, and a villain is not careful in comparing himself with others.

64. Confucius said: "He who can do the five things will be benevolent in the world." Please ask. Said: "Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, and benefit. Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means being able to do whatever you want, being sensitive means being successful, and being merciful means being able to win over others."

65. A gentleman takes righteousness as a pledge, practices etiquette as a pledge, a grandson as a gift, and trust as a fulfillment. What a gentleman!

66. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes!

67. If you pass it, you will have to change it in a hurry.

68. Don’t express your anger and never make mistakes.

69. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will!

70. People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries.

71. No haste, no small gain. If you want haste, you will not achieve anything; if you see small gains, you will not achieve great things.

72. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. Isn’t it important to consider benevolence as one’s own responsibility? Isn't it just too far to die before oneself?

73. If one is not committed to virtue and does not have a sincere belief, how can one live or die?

74. When making friends, keep your word.

75. Use literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

76. 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.

77. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.

78. A gentleman has nothing to eat and nothing to live in, and he is sensitive to things but careful in his words.

79. Wrong words and bad ethics.

80. The ancients couldn’t say what they said, and they were ashamed of themselves.

81. To know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it. It is knowledge.

82. 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.

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

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

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

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

87. Be inspired by poetry and established by etiquette. Be happy.

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

89. If you are not angry, you will not be enlightened; if you are not angry, you will not be angry. If you take one corner and don't turn it back with three, it won't happen again.

90. Those who know 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.

91. I don’t eat all day long and stay up all night thinking about it, which is of no use and is not as good as learning.

92. A gentleman’s name must be something to be said, and his words must be actionable. A gentleman is nothing more than strict about what he says.

93. If you can talk to someone but don’t talk to them, you will miss someone; if you talk to someone you can’t talk to, you will lose your words. He who knows does not lose people, nor does he lose words.

94. To say something without mentioning it is called impatience; to say something but not say anything is called concealment; to say it without seeing the color is called blindness.

95. If you are fond of benevolence and don’t want to learn, you will be blind; if you like knowledge but not learn, you will be blind; if you are trustworthy but hard to learn, you will be a thief; if you are straight but not willing to learn, then you will be blind; good. If you are brave and don't learn, your cover will be chaotic; if you are strong and don't learn, your cover will be crazy.

96. Being respectful but rude will lead to fatigue; being cautious but rude but being rude will cause chaos; being brave but rude but being rude will lead to chaos; being straight but rude but being rude will lead to strangulation.

97. To serve the king, respect his duties and then his food.

98. When it comes to etiquette, harmony is the most valuable thing.

99. Acting only for profit, but complaining too much.

100. Clever words, charming words, and fresh benevolence.

101. Strength, perseverance, woodiness, indifference and benevolence.

102. Those who are virtuous must cultivate their words, but those who are eloquent do not need to cultivate their virtues.

103. Listen to what he says and watch his actions.

104. You don’t use your words to lift people up, and you don’t use people to waste your words.

105. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up.

106. Do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

107. If you want to establish yourself, you should establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you should achieve others.

108. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment.

109. When you see a good person, you think about them all; when you see a bad person, you have to reflect on yourself.

110. When three people walk together, they must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

111. I have to examine myself three times every day: Are I being unfaithful to others? Have you ever left a letter with a friend? Are you not used to it?

112. Be respectful in your place, respectful in your work, and loyal to others.

113. A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world.

114. He is loyal in words and respectful in deeds. Even in a barbaric country, That’s it. If you are not faithful in words and sincere in deeds, how can you do it even if you live in the state?

115. A person who behaves in his own way is shameless and can be used in all directions without dishonoring the emperor’s order. He can be called a scholar.

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