Confucius (September 28, 551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), whose name was Qiu and courtesy name Zhongni, was a native of Zouyi, Lu State, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and was of Han nationality. English: Confucius, Kung Tze. Confucius was a great educator and thinker in ancient my country, the founder of Confucianism, and a world cultural celebrity. According to "Historical Records - The Family of Confucius", Confucius's ancestors were originally nobles of the Song Dynasty (today's Shangqiu area in Henan Province). His sixth generation ancestor Kong Fujia was killed in the Song Dynasty during the civil strife in the Song Dynasty. His great-grandfather Kong Fangshu was To escape pursuit, he fled from Song State (today's Xiayi County, Shangqiu, Henan Province) to Lu State. Confucius was born in Changping Township, Zouyi, Lu State (now Luyuan Village, southeast of Qufu City, Shandong Province) on September 28, 551 BC (the twenty-seventh day of the eighth lunar month); on April 11, 479 BC (the lunar calendar) On February 11th), Confucius died at the age of 72 and was buried on the Surabaya River in the north of Qufu City, where Confucius is today. Confucius' words and deeds are mainly contained in the collection of quotation-style prose "The Analects" and "The Four Books".
Confucius built his body based on five elements and two rituals formed his nature. For the rest of the saints, those who have a lot of gold energy are strong and decisive, those who have a lot of wood energy are simple and upright, those who have a lot of fire energy are vigorous and vigorous, those who have a lot of water energy are clear and harmonious, and those who have a lot of earth energy are calm and vigorous. , those with more yang energy will be bright and bright, while those with more yin energy will be silent and subtle. Since his temperament is limited, no matter how good he is, he will still be a partial saint. These seven sons have many things that are not consistent with each other, and many words that are not consistent with each other. What they have in common is a big foundation and a big problem.
Kong Yan lived in poverty, why not harm the world because of his benevolence? I have the means to conquer the world with benevolence, and my heart of benevolence to conquer the world has never been forgotten...
According to legend, Confucius was called the Confucian Boy Bodhisattva. Or he said: "My master is the ancestor of all generations of gentlemen, and he is a child. A child is a child. A child is a child. He is a child, my teacher. How can it be strange that a Confucian is a Buddhist? And the monk is called a bhikkhu. "Qiu, the master is taboo. The monk is a disciple of the Buddha. How can he be a disciple of the Confucian scholar?" Children are also called pure and without falsehood. Manjushri is one of the seven Buddhist masters, and he is called Manjushri, a boy who benefits. Shancai attains supreme enlightenment in his life, and is called a boy with good wealth. Even the forty-two sages, who have "the abode of childlike innocence", all admire the extreme virtues and are not just children. That means. Therefore, it is said that a great person does not lose his innocent heart. Ruofu Bhikkhu is Sanskrit. Sanskrit bhikkhu, this is a beggar, it is also said to destroy evil, it is also said to fear demons. Bi is not a combination, hill is not a hill, it is just the pronunciation and not the word. For example, the Sanskrit word "Nawu" refers to the meaning of "Nanwu". "Nanwu" takes the "south" of "north" and "south". Alas! When the Master is born in the country of Zhu, he will promote Buddhism to save all living beings; when Sakyamuni appears in the country of Lu, he will expound Confucianism and Taoism to teach all generations. The same is true for changing places. The actions of the great sage are completely unknown to all emotions. Those who are Confucian cannot destroy Buddhism, but those who are Buddhist can only destroy Confucianism?
When Confucius was young, he served as a high-ranking official in the state of Lu, and he governed the country very well. Corrupt officials fled to other countries one after another, and the leaders of other countries also became very respectful of the state of Lu.
But he spent most of his life engaged in education. It is said that he had as many as 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages, and taught many knowledgeable and talented students. "Peach plums all over the world" came from here. Confucius served as the military commander of the State of Lu, and later traveled around the country with his disciples. Finally, he returned to the State of Lu and concentrated on teaching. In the five thousand years of Chinese history, the person who had the greatest influence on the character and temperament of the Chinese nation was Confucius. When he was alive, he was known as the "Holy Saint", "Muduo of Heaven" and "Eternal Saint". He was one of the most erudite scholars in the society at that time, and was revered as the Holy Saint (the Saint among Saints) and the Eternal Saint by later generations. Teacher's example. He was named Qiu because his parents once prayed at Niqiu Mountain for the birth of a son. He once edited "Poems" and "Books", settled "Rites" and "Music", prefaced "Book of Changes", and wrote "Spring and Autumn" (some say it is "Spring and Autumn"). Written by Anonymous, revised by Confucius).
Confucius’ thoughts and theories had a profound impact on later generations. Jiang Guanghui believes that “faced with the reality of the Spring and Autumn Period when the princes were constantly fighting and the people were in dire straits, Confucius did not create an external, transcendent, omniscient and omnipotent savior like religious scientists—regulating people’s thoughts and behaviors through revelations and oracles. Instead, we look back at history and look for wisdom from the ancient "sage kings". Confucius said that he "states without writing". In fact, he uses "narrating" as "writing" and achieves the superposition and integration of values ??through contemporary interpretations of historical traditions. Transformation. He is upright, optimistic, and enterprising. He pursues truth, goodness, and beauty throughout his life, and pursues an ideal society throughout his life. His success and failure are all related to the strengths and weaknesses of his character. It has influenced Chinese people for thousands of years, especially Chinese intellectuals.
If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up.
Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.
If you want to establish yourself, you need to establish others; if you want to achieve success, you can help others.
If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far from resentful.
If you think about it, you should reflect on yourself when you see something bad.
If you are a three-person person, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
Be respectful in your place, be respectful in your work, and be loyal to others.
A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world.
He is loyal in words and respectful in deeds. , even though it is a barbaric country, if you are not loyal in words and not respectful in deeds, how can you do it even if you are in a state? .
Confucius said: "He who can do the five things is benevolent in the world." Please ask. Said: "Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, and benefit. Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means being able to do whatever you want, being sensitive means being successful, and being merciful means being able to win over others."
A gentleman takes righteousness as a pledge, conducts it with propriety, develops it as a grandson, and fulfills it with faith. What a gentleman!
To make mistakes without correcting them is to make mistakes!
If it is passed, it will be modified in a hurry.
Don’t express your anger and don’t make mistakes.
The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will!
If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.
No desire for haste, no small gain in sight. If you want haste, you will not achieve anything; if you see small gains, you will not achieve great things.
If you don’t uphold your virtues and don’t believe deeply, how can you live or die?
When making friends, keep your word.
Use literature to make friends, and friends to help people.
Three friends will benefit you, and three friends will harm you. 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.
A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.
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.
Smooth words and bad morals.
Clever words and charming words are fresh and benevolent.
Strongness, perseverance, woodiness, indifference and benevolence.
Those who are virtuous must educate themselves in words, but those who are eloquent do not need to cultivate virtues.
Listen to what they say and watch what they do.
You don’t use your words to lift people up, and you don’t use people to trash your words.
The ancients couldn’t say anything, and they were ashamed of themselves.
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.
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.
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.
If you love benevolence but don’t learn, you will be a fool; if you love knowledge but don’t learn, you will be a fool; if you love faith but don’t learn, you will be a thief; if you love straightforwardness but don’t learn, then you will be blind; if you love to be brave but don’t learn, then you will be blind. If you love to learn, you will be confused; if you are rigid and don't want to learn, you will be crazy.
Being respectful but rude will lead to fatigue; being cautious but rude will lead to turmoil; being brave but rude will lead to chaos; being straight but rude will lead to strangulation.
Serve the king with respect, and then eat with him.
In terms of etiquette, harmony is the most valuable thing.
Acting with interests in mind leads to more resentment.
Don’t worry about others but you don’t know yourself, and worry about others because you don’t know them.
Three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages.
Isn’t it a joy to learn and practice from time to time? Wouldn’t it be great to have friends from far away? Isn't it a gentleman if a person doesn't know something but doesn't get upset?
When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither.
The wise enjoy the water, the benevolent enjoy the mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still. The wise are happy and the benevolent live long.
Is it tolerable, which one is intolerable?
A scholar who aspires to the Tao but is ashamed of those who wear bad clothes and eat badly is not enough to discuss it.
When you are so angry you forget to eat, when you are happy you forget about your worries, and you don’t know that old age is coming...
Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest your head on it, and enjoy it. Being rich and noble without justice is like a floating cloud to me.
Xianzai, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people can't bear to worry about it. Even if I return, I will not change my joy.
Xianzai, come back!
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;
If you don’t follow the right path, you won’t get rid of them.
If you are rich and can be sought after, even if you are a man with a whip, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, do as I like.
Isn’t it great to have friends from far away?
Think of righteousness when you see benefit, and give orders when you see danger.
Cultivation of oneself to bring respect to oneself, Cultivation of oneself to bring peace of mind to others... Cultivation of oneself to bring peace of mind to the people.
You can support an orphan six feet away, you can send a life a hundred miles away, and you can't take it away during a big festival.
A man with lofty ideals and benevolence will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence.
The king died due to illness and his name was not known.
Those who are upright are upright and righteous. Observe words and colors, and consider the following people.
A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.
It is easy for a gentleman to say (pleasant) but difficult to say (pleasant). Saying (pleasant) is not done in the right way, not saying (pleasant).
A gentleman's official duties are to act righteously.
Zi said 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, and he treats the people righteously.
Gentlemen are harmonious but different; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.
A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but not a party.
A gentleman does not compare himself with others, while a villain does not compare himself with others.
A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried.
A benevolent person will not worry, a knowledgeable person will not be confused, and a brave person will not be afraid.
Acting with interests in mind leads to more resentment.
If you seek benevolence and gain benevolence, there is no need to complain.
If quality is better than literature, then the country will be wild; if literature is better than quality, then history will be achieved. Be polite, then be a gentleman.
A gentleman seeks the road but not food; a gentleman worries about the road but not poverty.
How can I be ignorant of the French language? Change it to expensive. Is it possible to talk to him with his hand without saying anything?
Is it possible? Make it valuable. If I say it but don’t explain it, and therefore don’t change it, then I’m done with it.
Seeing the good is like exploring the soup.
A gentleman respects the virtuous and tolerates others, praises the good but is reserved.
It is not enough to be a scholar just because you care about your home!