Eight famous Confucian sayings:

1. Confucius said: There are three friends that benefit and three friends that harm. Friends are straightforward, friends are forgiving, friends are well-informed, friends are helpful, friends are open to friends, and friends are friendly and gentle. , friends will be sycophantic, and it will be a loss.

2. Xian Zai, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in the back alleys, people can't bear the worries, but they won't change their happiness when they come back. It's virtuous to go back.

3. 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 and not on others.

4. There are four aspects to the way of a gentleman: it is stronger than doing justice, weaker than accepting advice, fearful of receiving salary, and cautious in managing one's body.

5. Confucius said: Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, and benefit. Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means people can do whatever they want, being sensitive means being meritorious, and being merciful means being able to win people over.

6. A gentleman is respectful and courteous, and he is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world. He is loyal and trustworthy in words and respectful in deeds. Even if he is a barbarian country, he can still do it. If his words are not loyal and trustworthy, his actions will not be the same. Sincere respect, even though you are in the state, is that okay? He who behaves his own way with shame, sends troops to all directions, and does not disgrace the emperor's orders, can be called a scholar.

7. Disciples should be filial when they enter, and disloyal when they go out. They should be sincere and trustworthy, love others and be kind, and if they have enough ability, they should study literature.

8. The so-called sincerity of one's intention is not to deceive oneself, such as hating a bad smell or being lustful. This is called self-effacing, so a gentleman must be careful about his own behavior.