Confucius’ famous sayings about morality include:

Introduction: In a people’s country, there must be a driving force, and this is virtue. Below I will introduce to you some of Confucius's famous sayings about morality and articles. You are welcome to read and refer to them!

Confucius's famous sayings about morality include

1. When three people walk together, there must be one who is my teacher. Follow the good ones and change the bad ones.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. If one is not committed to virtue and does not have a firm belief in the truth, how can one live or die?

7. If you make mistakes without correcting them, you are making mistakes!

8. If you are straight but don’t want to learn, you will be confused; if you are brave and don’t want to learn, you will be confused; If you don't learn well, you will be crazy about being blind.

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

10. A gentleman who has nothing to eat and nothing to live in, who is sensitive to things but careful in his words, is Taoist and upright, and he can be said to be eager to learn.

11. Being respectful but rude will lead to fatigue, being cautious but rude will lead to confusion, being brave but rude will lead to chaos, and being straight but rude will lead to strangulation.

12. Do to others what you do not want others to do.

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

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

15. When making friends, keep your word. Use literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

16. 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.

17. A gentleman takes righteousness as a pledge, practices etiquette as a pledge, a grandson as a gift, and trust as a fulfillment. You are a gentleman!

18. Confucius said: "He who can do the five things will be benevolent in the world." Please ask. Said: "Be respectful, tolerant, trustworthy and helpful. If you are respectful, you will not insult, if you are tolerant, you will win people. If you are trustworthy, you will be trusted with others. If you are sensitive, you will be meritorious. If you are kind, you will be able to win over others."

19. 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.

20. 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.

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

22. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. Isn't it too important to be benevolent when one considers one's own responsibilities? Isn't it too far away to sacrifice oneself?

23. A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world. He speaks faithfully and acts faithfully. Be sincere and respectful, even though you are a barbaric country, you can still do it. If you are not faithful in words and respectful in deeds, how can you do it even if you are in the state?

24. Use literature to make friends, and use friends to support benevolence.

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

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

27. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

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About Confucius’ famous sayings

1. He makes the people righteous.

2. Gentlemen are harmonious but different; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.

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

4. A gentleman is always careful and does not compare, while a villain is not careful when comparing himself to others.

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

6. The benevolent do not worry, the knowledgeable do not doubt, the brave do not fear.

7. Act with interests in mind and complain too much.

8. If you seek benevolence and gain benevolence, why complain.

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

10. A gentleman seeks the road but not food; a gentleman worries about the road but not poverty.

11. In French, can it be said that there is nothing you can do? Change it to expensive. If you hold your hand and talk to it, you can say nothing

12. Really? It’s precious to interpret it. If I say it but don’t explain it, and therefore don’t change it, then I’m done with it.

13. Seeing the good is like exploring the soup.

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

15. Being a scholar is not enough to be a scholar.

17. A scholar who aspires to the Tao but is ashamed of those who wear bad clothes and eat badly is not worthy of discussion.

18. If you are so angry that you forget to eat, if you are happy you forget your worries, and you don’t know that old age is coming.

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

20. You are so virtuous, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people cannot bear their worries. Even if I return, I will not change my joy.

21. You are so virtuous, come back.

22. 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.

23. If you don’t follow the path, you won’t get rid of it.

24. 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.

25. It is a joy to have friends from far away.

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

27. Cultivation of oneself to respect oneself, cultivation of oneself to bring peace to others. Cultivation of oneself to bring peace to the people.

28. You can support a six-foot-long orphan, you can send a hundred-mile destiny, and you can’t take it away during the big festival.

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

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

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

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

33. It is easy for a gentleman to do things but difficult to say (pleasure). Saying (pleasure) does not follow the way, and does not say (pleasure).

34. A gentleman’s official duties are based on his righteousness.

35. Zi means Yu Chan. There are four principles of a gentleman: he behaves respectfully towards himself, he is respectful in his conduct, he benefits the people when he supports them,

36. He treats the people righteously.

37. Gentlemen are harmonious but different; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.

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

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

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

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