Gong: It means showing respect to others.

Wideness: Be tolerant of others.

Trust: Only by keeping faith can we win recognition.

Min: Live in the present.

Hui: Be generous to others with kindness.

Introduction to "The Analects":

As an excellent collection of quotation-style prose, it records Confucius' remarks in concise, concise, implicit and meaningful language. Confucius's teaching words recorded in The Analects of Confucius may be simple responses that stop at the point; they may inspire debates and speak eloquently; they are full of variety and eloquent.

The Analects of Confucius is also good at displaying characters through descriptions of expressions and voice. Confucius is the center of description in "The Analects", "the Master's style is overflowing with aphorisms" ("Wen Xin Diao Long Zheng Sheng"); the book not only contains static descriptions of his manners and manners, but also vivid descriptions of his personality and temperament. portray. In addition, around the center of Confucius, "The Analects" also successfully portrays the images of some Confucian disciples. For example, Zi Lu's straightforwardness and recklessness, Yan Yuan's gentleness and virtuousness, Zigong's intelligence and eloquence, Zeng Xi's chicness and refinement, etc., all have distinctive personalities and can leave a deep impression on others. Confucius taught students in accordance with their aptitude and gave different teachings to different objects, taking into account their different qualities, advantages and disadvantages, and the specific circumstances of their moral cultivation. It shows the valuable spirit of tireless teaching. According to "Yan Yuan", when the same disciple asked about benevolence, Confucius had different answers. He replied to Yan Yuan, "Restraining oneself and restoring etiquette is benevolence", to Zhong Gong, "Do to others what you don't want others to do to you," and to Sima Zhong, "What are the words of a benevolent person?" It’s also a shame.” Yan Yuan was highly educated, so he answered with the outline of "benevolence", while Zhong Gong and Sima Zhong answered with details. Another example is the same question, "What do you do after hearing this?" Confucius replied to Zilu: "Moreover, your parents are here, so why do you do what you heard when you heard this?" Because "You also include people, so retreat." The answer was: "After hearing this, you can do it!" Do it." Because "seeking means retreating, so advancing." This is not only a matter of teaching students according to their aptitude, but also contains Confucius' high sense of responsibility for his disciples.

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of disciples of Confucius, an ancient Chinese thinker who ranks among the top ten historical celebrities in the world, recording the words and deeds of Confucius. It was written in the early Warring States Period. Because Qin Shihuang burned books and harassed Confucius, by the Western Han Dynasty there were only oral transmissions and the notebooks obtained from the walls of Confucius's residence, including: 20 "The Analects of Lu" orally transmitted by the Lu people, and the "The Analects of Qi" orally transmitted by the Qi people. 22 chapters, and 21 chapters of the "Ancient Analects" found in the wall of Confucius' residence. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Yu, the emperor's teacher, mastered the Analects of Confucius, and based on the Analects of Lu and the Analects of Qi, he wrote another treatise called "Lun on Zhanghou". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan wrote the "Analects of Confucius" based on "The Analects of Zhanghou" and with reference to the "Analects of Qi" and "The Analects of Ancient Confucius", which is the current version of the "Analects of Confucius". "The Analects of Qi" and "The Analects of Ancient Confucius" were soon lost. There are currently 20 chapters and 492 chapters in The Analects of Confucius, of which about 444 chapters record conversations between Confucius and his disciples, and 48 chapters record conversations between Confucius and his disciples.

As a collection of words and deeds by Confucius and his disciples, "The Analects" has a wide range of contents, mostly involving issues of human social life, and has had a significant impact on the psychological quality and moral behavior of the Chinese nation. Until the New Culture Movement in modern times, it had been a must-read book for Chinese beginners for more than two thousand years.