1. Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world (university)

2. Everything will be established if you hesitate, and it will be destroyed if you don't hesitate. (Golden Mean)

3. If you love something, you will know its evil; if you hate it, you will know its goodness. (Book of Rites)

4. Jade cannot be used without polishing, and people cannot understand it without learning. (Book of Rites)

5. Learn, and then you will know your shortcomings; teach, and then you will know your difficulties. (Book of Rites)

6. Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. (Book of Rites)

7. Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups. (Book of Changes)

8. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. (Shang Shu)

9. For the sake of nine people, the success falls short. (Shu Jing)

10. Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease, and honest advice is bad for the ears and good for the action. (Family Classics)

11. When traveling on the great road, the world is for the common good. (Book of Rites)

12. Knowing shame is close to courage. (Book of Rites)

13. The way of civil and military affairs is to relax one by one. (Book of Rites)

14. Difficulty leads to change, change leads to generalization, and generalization leads to long-term development. (Book of Changes)

15. The people are the foundation of a country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful. (Shu Jing)

16. Reciprocity is a courtesy, but it is considered disrespectful to not reciprocate. (Book of Rites)

17. A leaf blocks your eyes, and you cannot see Mount Tai. Plug your ears with beans and don't hear the thunder. (Guanzi)

18. It is universally applicable. (Book of Rites)

19. The emperor cannot live forever. (Book of Rites)

20. A single spark can start a prairie fire. (Shu Jing)

21. Pay lip service but fail to deliver, and blame the disaster and its people. (Book of Rites)

22. Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. (The Analects of Confucius)

23. By reviewing the past and learning the new, one can become a teacher. (The Analects of Confucius)

24. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is peril. (The Analects of Confucius)

25. What a joy it is to learn and practice it from time to time! (The Analects of Confucius)

26. A gentleman uses literature to make friends, and friends to help benevolence. (The Analects of Confucius)

27. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried. (The Analects of Confucius)

28. Work hard and forget to eat, enjoy yourself and forget your excellence, not knowing that old age is coming. (The Analects of Confucius)

29. Repay grievance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness. (Confucius)

30. A gentleman seeks for himself, while a villain seeks for others. (Confucius)

31. Clever words confuse morality, and small impatience confuses great plans. (Confucius)

32. People with different paths should not conspire with each other. (Confucius)

33. Is Ji Sunzhi worried about you? In a moment, it was within Xiao Qiang. (Confucius)

34. Don’t worry about poverty but worry about inequality; don’t worry about scarcity but worry about insecurity. (Confucius)

35. No one is poor, no one is in harmony, no one is widowed, no one is in danger. (Confucius)

36. Be tireless in learning and teaching. (Confucius)

37. Being rich and noble through unrighteousness is like floating clouds to me. (Confucius)

38. The people can follow it, but they cannot know it. (Confucius)

39. If you are not in your position, you will not seek political power. (Confucius)

40. Since ancient times, there has been death, and people cannot stand without faith. (Confucius)

41. Those who love want to live, those who hate want to die. (Confucius)

42. Politicians are upright. The commander-in-chief is correct, who dares to be incorrect? (Confucius)

43. If the name is not correct, the words will not be smooth, and if the words are not smooth, things will not be accomplished. (Confucius)

44. If his body is upright, he will not do what he is told; if his body is not upright, he will not do what he is told. (Confucius)

45. One word can make a country prosper, one word can destroy it. (Confucius)

46. A gentleman is ashamed of his words and goes beyond his deeds. (Confucius)

47. If you don’t worry about others, you don’t know yourself; when you worry, you don’t know others. (Confucius)

48. When you see the virtuous, think about others; when you see the virtuous, think inwardly. (Confucius)

49. Failure to do what is right is a lack of courage. (Confucius)

50. Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. (Confucius)

51. Listening to the Tao and speaking in vain is the abandonment of virtue (Confucius)

52. Be knowledgeable and determined, ask questions carefully and think closely, benevolence is in it. (Confucius)

53. Three friends are beneficial: friends who are straightforward, friends who are understanding, and friends who are knowledgeable. (Confucius)

54. Making mistakes without correcting them is a mistake. (Confucius)

55. A gentleman seeks the road but not food; he worries about the road but does not worry about poverty. (Confucius)

56. Do your duty to the teacher. (Confucius)

57. If everyone is evil, you must check it; if everyone is good, you must check it. (Confucius)

58. There are three pleasures for those who suffer: pleasure in arrogance, pleasure in wandering, pleasure in feasting, and loss. (Confucius)

59. A gentleman has three fears: fear of destiny, fear of great men, and fear of the words of sages.

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60. How pleasant it is to have friends from far away! (Confucius)