Famous Quotes of Confucius

(1) Isn’t it true that when one learns, he or she will practice it?

(2) Clever words and charming words, fresh and benevolent!

(3) A country with a thousand chariots, respecting things and being trustworthy, being frugal and loving others, so that the people can take care of themselves.

(4) To govern with virtue, to swear like the North Star, and to live in the place where the stars are aligned.

(5) Tao is governed by politics, and punishment is used in order, so that the people can avoid it without being shameful;

(6) If you review the past and learn the new, you can become a teacher.

(7) If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

(8) Knowing something means knowing it, and not knowing it means not knowing it. This is knowing.

(9) People who do not have faith do not know what is possible.

(10) If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.

(11) If your parents are here, you will travel well if you don’t travel far.

(12) At first I was with others, listening to their words and trusting their actions; now I am with others, listening to their words and watching their actions.

(13) Being sensitive, eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions is called "literary".

(14) If you are above the middle person, you can speak well; if you are below the middle person, you cannot speak well.

(15) 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 live long.

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

(17) Believe in learning and stick to the good way. There are no people in a dangerous country, and no one can live in a chaotic country. If there is a way in the world, it will be seen, but if there is no way, it will be hidden.

(18) If you are not in your position, you will not pursue your political goals.

(19) The future generations are to be feared. How could one know that those who come are not as good as they are now? If you are forty or fifty and not heard about it, then it is nothing to be afraid of!

(20) The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

(21) A knowledgeable person will not be confused; a benevolent person will not worry; a brave person will not be afraid.

(20) There is no room for a dead body.

(21) Too much is not enough.

(22) To restrain oneself and restore etiquette is to be benevolent.

(23) Don’t look at anything that’s not polite, don’t hear anything that’s not polite, don’t say anything that’s not polite, and don’t do anything that’s not polite.

(24) Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you; have no grudges at home and no grudges at home.

(25) Jun, king; minister, minister; father, father; son, son.

(26) A few words can break the prison, and the reason is the same!

(27) When hearing a lawsuit, I am still a human being. It must be so that there will be no lawsuits!

(28) 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.

(29) No desire for haste; no small gains in sight. Haste makes waste; seeing small gains means big things will fail.

(30) Strong, perseverant, dull, and benevolent.

(31) How to repay kindness? Repay vengeance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness.

(32) If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

(33) If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

(34) How difficult it is to live in groups all day long, not speaking the right words, but only practicing small wisdom!

(35) Don’t use words to lift people up; don’t use people to waste words.

(36) Arrogant words and bad morals. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.

(37) Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes!

(38) Those who know something from birth are the best; those who know it through learning are the next best thing; those who learn it after being trapped are the next best thing. If you are trapped and don’t learn, then the people will be in trouble!

(39) Seeing and thinking about meaning.

(40) They are similar in nature but far apart in habits.

(41) Only the superior knowledge and inferior foolishness will not change.

(42) Gong, generosity, trustworthiness, sensitivity, and benefit: Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means letting people do what they want, being sensitive means being successful, and being merciful means being able to win over others.

(43) With a fierce appearance and a soft heart, he is like a villain, he is like a thief who has passed through the tunnel!

(44) Listening to the Tao and then scrutinizing it is the abandonment of virtue!

(45) How difficult it is to have enough to eat all day long and have nothing to do! Are there no gamers? This is so virtuous!

(46) If you see evil at the age of forty, it will be the end!

(47) Virtue is never alone, it must have neighbors.

(48) 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.

(49) Don’t complain about God, don’t blame others, learn from school and reach higher level.

Mencius’ famous sayings

(1) Without rules, there will be no circle.

(2) Right, then you know the severity; degree, then you know the length.

(3) People do not do anything, and then they can do something.

(4) Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive.

(5) Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

(6) The organ of the heart is thinking, and if you think, you can get it, and if you don’t think, you can’t get it.

(7) Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

(8) Only benevolent people should be in high positions. Being unkind and holding a high position is spreading evil to others.

(9) If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the officials are unkind, they will not protect the ancestral temple; if the scholars and common people are unkind, they will not protect the four bodies.

(10) If the king is benevolent, he will be invincible in the world.

(11) Save penalties, reduce taxes, and make farming easier (n^u).

(12) The benevolent are invincible.

(13) For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a person in his fifties can wear silk clothes. Chickens, dolphins, dogs, and pigs are all animals that have not lost their season. Those who are seventy years old can eat meat. If you do not take away a hundred acres of land, then a family of eight will not be hungry. I sincerely follow the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road.

(14) By changing the fields and reducing taxes, the people can become rich.

(15) If a king is benevolent, he will never be unkind; if a king is righteous, he will never be unjust; if he is upright, he will never be unjust.

(16) If you enjoy the people's happiness, the people will also enjoy their happiness; if you care about the people's worries, the people will also worry about their worries.

(17) Being benevolent is an honor, being unkind is a disgrace.

(18) Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance have no perseverance. If you don't have perseverance, you will do everything you can to ward off evil spirits.

(19) Fight for land and kill people to fill the fields; fight for cities and kill people to fill the city. This so-called taking advantage of the land and cannibalizing human flesh is a crime not punishable by death.

(20) If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as their own. Like a bandit.

(21) Fish is what I want, and bear’s paws are also what I want; you cannot have both, and you would give up fish and take bear’s paws. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

(22) Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young.

(23) Those who have gained the right will get many help, while those who have lost the right will have little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

(24) The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

(25) It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

(26) Those who rebel against benevolence are called "thieves", and those who rebel against righteousness are called "crippling". Those who are crippled thieves are called "one husband". I have heard of the execution of one husband, Zhou, but I have not heard of regicide.

(27) The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

(28) Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the heroes will reign.

(29) The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

(30) Civil matters cannot be postponed.

(31) If it is not contrary to the farming season, the grain will not be enough to eat; if the number of grains (shu^ g() is not entered into the pond (wamp;), the fish and turtles will not be enough to eat; if the ax and kilograms are used to enter the mountains and forests in time, , the wood cannot be used for food. The grain, fish and turtles cannot be used for food, and the wood cannot be used for food.

(32) There are fat meat in the kitchen, fat horses in the stables, and the people have no regrets. Hungry, there are people dying of hunger in the wild, this is why they lead the beasts to eat people.

(33) Jie and Zhou lost the world and lost their people; those who lost their people also lost their heart. : If you win the people, you will win the world; if you win the people, you will win the people; if you win the hearts of the people, you will win the people; if you win the people, you will win the world; if you win the people, you will win the people; if you want to gather with them, do not do to them what you want, and do not do what you want.

(34) A wise king will control the people's property so that they can serve their parents and feed their wives, and they will be full in happy years and avoid death in bad years.

(35) Don't protect the people while being king. He can control them.

(36) The three treasures of princes: land, people, and political affairs. Those who have precious stones and jade will surely suffer disaster.

(37) Heaven descends upon the people to serve as kings and teachers, only to say that they are helped by God and favored by them.

(38) Everyone can be Yao and Shun.

(39) A wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; a family must destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; a country must destroy itself, and then others will destroy it.

(40) He who seeks both misfortunes and blessings himself.

(41) A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others.

(42) Wealth and honor cannot lead to sexual immorality, poverty and lowliness cannot change, and power cannot yield. This is called a true man.

(43) Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to.

(44) To nourish the heart, don’t be good at having few desires.

(45) If you say that you are an adult, you will despise it, but do not look down upon its majesty.

(46) Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his heart. It has been beneficial to what it cannot do.

(47) A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

(48) Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

(49) Do not rely on elders, do not rely on nobles, do not rely on brothers but be friends.

(50) In a prosperous year, the children will be many and unlucky; in a bad year, the children will be many and violent. This is not because of talent sent from heaven, but because of the indulgence in one's heart.

(51) A promising person is like digging a well. If the well is dug nine times and fails to reach the spring, it is like abandoning the well.

(52) A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and brothers without any reason is one kind of happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second kind of happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third kind of happiness.

(53) If you are not ashamed, why should you be like a human being?

(54) If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world.

(55) Those who speak poetry should not harm their words with words, nor harm their aspirations with words. To achieve it is to use your will against your will.

(56) It is better to have no books than to believe in all the books.