The ten most classic sayings of Confucius are as follows:
1. When three people walk together, they must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, choose the bad ones and change them.
2. Even though the world is so vast, people still have regrets. Therefore, if a gentleman's words are big, nothing in the world can carry them; if his words are small, nothing in the world can break them.
3. Therefore, if a gentleman thinks less about his strengths, he will devote himself to learning; if he thinks more about his death, he will devote himself to teaching; if he thinks more about his poverty, he will devote himself to charity.
4. If you keep it with foolishness, your merit will be known all over the world; if you keep it with surrender, you will be brave enough to inspire the world; if you keep it with timidity, you will be rich all over the world.
5. There is something like nothing, reality seems like emptiness, and mistakes are made without correcting.
6. When joy, anger, sorrow, and joy have not arisen, it is called the middle. When they arise, they are all in the middle, and it is called harmony. To achieve neutrality, the heaven will have its place and all things will be nurtured.
7. When three people are walking together, there must be my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
8. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.
9. Those who are evil must be observed; those who are good must be observed.
10. When you are young, your blood and energy are not stable, so be wary of color.
Data expansion:
Confucius (September 28, 551 BC to April 11, 479 BC), whose surname was Kong, whose given name was Qiu, and whose courtesy name was Zhongni. , was born in the state of Lu (now Qufu City, Shandong Province), and his ancestral home was Suyi (now Xiayi County, Henan Province) in the state of Song. He was a great thinker, politician, and educator in ancient China, the founder of the Confucian school, and the "Sage of Dacheng".
Confucius created the style of private lectures and advocated benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust. He had three thousand disciples, among whom were seventy-two sages. He once led some of his disciples to travel around the country for fourteen years. In his later years, he revised the Six Classics, including Poems, Books, Rites, Yue, Yi, and Spring and Autumn Period. After his death, his disciples and subsequent disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotes and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and compiled them into The Analects of Confucius. The book is regarded as a Confucian classic.
Confucius was one of the most erudite scholars in the society at that time. He was revered as the "Sage of Heaven" when he was still alive, and was even revered as the Saint of Kong, the Holy Saint, and the Supreme Saint by the rulers of later generations. His thoughts have a profound influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first among the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".
As the influence of Confucius expanded, the ceremony to worship Confucius once became a major ceremony on the same level as the worship of Chinese ancestor gods.