1. Knowing things silently, being tireless in learning, and tireless in teaching others, what is there for me?
Explanation: Memorize (knowledge learned) silently, learn without feeling bored, teach without feeling tired, what is the reason for this for me?
2 , I am so angry that I forget to eat, I am so happy that I forget my worries, I don’t know that old age is coming.
Explanation: When you study hard, you forget to eat; when you are intoxicated with knowledge, you forget about sorrow, and you don’t know that aging is coming.
3. When three of us travel together, we must be our teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
Explanation: Several people are walking together, and one of them must be my teacher. We should choose their strengths to learn from, and pay attention to correcting their shortcomings
4. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. Isn't it too heavy to be benevolent when one has already done one's duty? Isn't it too far to do it after one's death?
Explanation: A truly responsible person must have a strong will to realize the heavy responsibility he bears. The road is long. Because it is one's responsibility to take benevolence as one's responsibility, it is a heavy responsibility. Because the end of life is the end of the mission, the road to realizing benevolence is long and distant.
5. Zi Jue Four: No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no self.
Explanation: Confucius eliminated four shortcomings: no subjective suspicion, no expectations that must be realized, no stubbornness, and no selfishness.
6. Look ahead, suddenly look behind. Master is always good at seducing people. He persuades me with words and invites me with courtesy.
Explanation: (Regarding the teacher’s knowledge and morality), I looked up, and the more I looked, the higher I felt; I worked hard to study, and the more I studied, the more inexhaustible I felt. It seems to be in front, and suddenly it seems to be behind. The teacher was good at guiding me step by step, using various classics to enrich my knowledge, and using various etiquette to restrain my words and deeds, making it impossible for me to stop learning until I exhausted all my strength.
7. Rotten wood cannot be carved.
Explanation: Rotten wood cannot be carved. It is a metaphor that people cannot be made good or that things and situations are corrupt and irredeemable. Also said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved". Also said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved".
8. The Master taught four things: literary conduct, loyalty and trustworthiness.
Explanation: Confucius educated his disciples from four aspects: 1. Literature, that is, famous studies. Study how to increase visibility, and secondly, practice learning and standardize people's behavior so that people's words and deeds can be followed. 3. Loyalty is a matter of self-cultivation. It is to cultivate people to do what they should do voluntarily. 4. Faith learning is the learning of knowing people and distinguishing things, and the learning of cultivating people's judgment.
9. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.
Explanation: A gentleman is broad-minded and tolerant of others; a villain is petty and narrow-minded.
10. He is sensitive and eager to learn, and he is not ashamed to ask questions. This is why he is called "literary".
Explanation: It means not to be ashamed to ask for advice from people whose status and knowledge are lower than your own. Therefore, the character "文" can be used as his posthumous title.
11. Its knowledge is within reach, but its stupidity is beyond reach.
Explanation: His cleverness can be learned, but his pretending to be stupid cannot be matched by others.
12. If quality is better than literature, the country will be wild; if literature is better than quality, history will be achieved. Be polite, then be a gentleman.
Explanation: If simplicity exceeds ornamentation, it will be rough; if ornamentation exceeds simplicity, it will be vain. Only if simplicity and ornamentation are in the right proportion can one become a gentleman.
13. 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.
Explanation: Those who understand it are not as good as those who love it; those who love it are not as good as those who take pleasure in it.
14. When a bird is about to die, its song is sad; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.
Explanation: When a bird is about to die, its chirping sound is sad; when a person is about to die, its words are also kind.
15. If you are above the middle person, you can speak well; if you are below the middle person, you cannot speak well.
Explanation: Confucius said: People with above-average qualifications can be taught profound truths; people with below-average qualifications can hardly be taught profound truths.
16. A wise man enjoys water, and a benevolent man enjoys mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still, the wise are happy, the benevolent are long-lived.
Explanation: Smart people love water, and virtuous people love mountains; smart people are active, and virtuous people are quiet. Wise people are happy, and virtuous people live long.
18. They are similar in nature but far apart in habits.
Explanation: When people are born, they are all kind in nature and have very similar temperaments. However, with the different changes and influences of their respective living environments, everyone's habits will vary.
19. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster.
Explanation: If you study without thinking, you will be blinded by the appearance of knowledge; if you think without learning, you will be more dangerous because of doubts.
20. Isn’t it better to learn and practice it over time? Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends from afar? Isn’t it true that a person who doesn’t know and is stunned is not a gentleman?
Explanation: Isn’t it very pleasant to learn and review and practice from time to time? Isn’t it very gratifying to have like-minded people coming from afar? People don’t understand me, and I don’t resent or get angry. Aren’t I also a virtuous gentleman?
22. Listening to the Tao and talking nonsense is the abandonment of morality!
Explanation: Spreading rumors wherever you hear them on the road is abhorred by morality.
23. Is it possible to say French without any care? Change it to expensive. If you hold your hand and talk to it, you can say nothing.
Explanation: If it is correct, can you not obey it? You must correct your mistakes seriously to be considered valuable. If you are respectful, can you not make people happy?
24. If you are respectful, you will not be insulted, if you are tolerant, you will win people, if you are trustworthy, you will be trusted, if you are sensitive, you will be successful, and if you are kind, you will be able to make people happy.
Explanation: Being dignified will prevent you from being insulted, being generous will win the support of everyone, being honest will help you get the appointment of others, being diligent and agile will improve your work efficiency, and being kind will help you control others.
25. Seeing and thinking about meaning.
Explanation: It means to think of morality when seeing wealth.
26. Seeing good is like exploring the soup.
Explanation: When I see good people or do good things, I am afraid that it will be too late to learn from them and do them too late. When you see evil people or do bad things, it's like coming into contact with hot water. You want to leave immediately and stay away.
27. A gentleman seeks the road but not food; a gentleman worries about the road but not poverty.
Explanation: It is said that a truly knowledgeable gentleman who takes the world and the country as his own responsibility only worries about the failure of his way and does not consider the problems of life; for example, when cultivating fields, he only cares about the cultivation but not about the harvest. I only worry about myself as a person, not whether I am poor or not.
28. The appearance is fierce but the heart is weak, just like the villains, they are like thieves!
Explanation: Appearance: Appearance: Strict and weak at heart, this kind of villain is like a thief who digs holes in the wall.
29. Those who are born knowing are the best; those who know through learning are the second; those who are trapped and learn are the second. If you are in trouble and don’t learn, you will be a poor person!
Explanation: Those who are born with knowledge are the best; those who learn through learning are the second-class people; those who learn only after encountering difficulties are the best. The second-class people; the people who still do not learn when encountering difficulties are the lowest!?
30. Scholars who aspire to the Tao, but are ashamed of bad clothes and bad food are not worthy of discussion.
Explanation: If a scholar is determined to pursue the truth and is ashamed of not being well-dressed or well-fed, then it is not worth talking to him.
31. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.
Explanation: An army can lose its commander, but a person cannot lose his ambition. It means that the courage of the three armies lies in others, and the ambition of every man lies in himself. Therefore, the commander can be captured but the ambition cannot be captured. If it can be taken away, it is not worthy of being called ambition.
32. The old are at ease, the friends are trustworthy, and the young are cherished.
Explanation: I want the elderly to be comfortable, friends to trust each other, and young people to be cared for.
33. When the year is cold, the pines and cypresses will wither.
Explanation: In the severe cold season, we realize that pine and cypress trees do not shed their leaves. Just as a scholar knows integrity when he is poor, he knows loyal ministers when the world is in chaos. ?
34. It is not enough for a scholar to aspire to the Tao but be ashamed of his bad clothes and bad food.
Explanation: A scholar who is determined to learn and pursue the truth but is ashamed of poverty is not worthy of discussing the truth with him.
35. If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.
Explanation: If you learn the truth in the morning, you will not regret it even if you die that night. ?Meaning: ?Life is endless and learning is endless.
36. Look at the reason, observe the origin, and observe where it is. How can a person be too thin? How can a person be too thin?
Explanation: To understand a person, you must look at what he has done, not only to understand his past, but also to observe his present. In this case, for that person Will our understanding still be incomplete?
37. Reviewing the past and learning the new can serve as a teacher.
Explanation: People who can gain new knowledge when reviewing the knowledge they have learned can become teachers.
38. Isn’t it a joy to have friends come from afar?
Explanation: Isn’t it a joy to have like-minded people coming from afar?
39. People with different paths should not conspire with each other.
Explanation: People with different political opinions do not discuss each other. What is talked about here is a principle of friendship. The principle is to share the same Tao and not to seek each other if the Tao is different. Because they have different political opinions, they cannot discuss each other. The same goes for making friends. It's difficult for people who don't share the same path to make friends.
40. The dead are like this! They don’t give up day and night.
Explanation: The past time is like this river, flowing day and night.
41. 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.
Explanation: People who know how to study are not as good as people who love studying, and people who love studying are not as good as people who enjoy studying.
42. Don’t worry about what you don’t know, seek what you can know.
Explanation: Don’t be afraid that others won’t know you, just strive to make achievements by yourself.
43. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others.
Explanation: A gentleman is strict with himself, while a villain is strict with others.
44. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man.
Explanation: A gentleman accomplishes the good things of others and does not promote the bad things of others.
45. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.
Explanation: A gentleman is open-minded and treats people and things as if he were walking on a flat road, peaceful and comfortable; a villain is always obsessed with things and worries about gains and losses, so he is always worried.
46. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes.
Explanation: Failure to correct mistakes is a real mistake.
47. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.
Explanation: If you cannot tolerate small things, you will ruin big things. Small things here include two meanings: small anger and small benevolence, that is, a woman's benevolence cannot be tolerated in love; a man's courage cannot be tolerated in anger, both of which can disrupt big plans.
48. People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries.
Explanation: If a person does not have a long-term plan, troubles will soon appear.
49. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Explanation: If a craftsman wants to do his job well, he must first prepare his tools. This is a metaphor, that is, if you want to do something well, you must first have the prerequisites to do it before you can get twice the result with half the effort.
50. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.
Explanation: A gentleman should be cautious in his words and diligent and quick in his actions.