Confucius said: "Isn't it true to say that I am learning / and practicing it from time to time? Isn't it / a pleasure to have friends / coming from afar? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends / who come from afar? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends who don't know / and are not happy about it? Isn't it a / a gentleman?"

Translation: Confucius said: "If you learn something you are familiar with, don't you also speak it? When friends come from afar, isn't it also music? If a person doesn't know and is unhappy, isn't he also a gentleman?"

Zengzi said: "I have three provinces in my day (xǐng)/my body: I ??am unfaithful when seeking for others; I am unfaithful when I make friends; I am not accustomed to passing on information?"

Translation : Zengzi said: "I examine myself three times every day: Am I being unfaithful to others? Have I been honest and trustworthy in my interactions with friends? Have I reviewed the studies my teacher taught me?"

Translation: Confucius said: "Only when you review the old and learn the new can you be called a teacher." Ah."

Confucius said: "Learning without thinking is in vain; thinking without learning is perilous."?

Translation: Confucius said: "Learning without thinking is in vain. No, if you just think without studying, you will be wasting your time and gaining nothing." Confucius said: "You know it by teaching me! Knowing it means knowing it, and not knowing it means knowing it."

Translation:? Confucius said: "Zhong Yu, teach you how to know! If you know, you know, if you don't know, you know. This is the wise one."

Confucius said: "See When you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself. When you see someone who is not virtuous, you should reflect on yourself. He made the same mistake and corrected it. "

Confucius said: "If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher; choose the good ones and follow them, and correct the bad ones."?

Translation: Confucius said: "Three people walking together must have my teacher; choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones."

Zengzi said: "A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The responsibilities are heavy but the road is far. Benevolence considers one's responsibilities. Is it not too important? Is it not too far to die and die?"

Translation: Zeng Zi said : "A scholar cannot be without Hongyi, because he has a great responsibility and a long road. Isn't it important to take the realization of benevolence as one's responsibility? Isn't the journey still far away if he works tirelessly to dedicate everything he has until his death?" ”

Confucius said: “When the years are cold, then / I know that the pines and cypresses will wither.” Zigong asked: “Is there any one saying / that can be practiced throughout the life?”

Translation: Confucius said: "Only in the colder years do we realize that pines and cypresses are the last to wither." Zigong asked Confucius: "Is there one sentence that can be followed throughout life?" Confucius said: "It's /Forgive/huh! Don’t do to others what you don’t want to do to yourself.”

Translation: Confucius said: “Don’t impose on others what you don’t want.”< /p>

Extended information:

The quotations from "Twelve Chapters of the Analects" are classic discussions by Confucius and his disciples on learning attitudes, learning methods and personal cultivation. They all contain profound philosophy. Famous aphorisms.

It is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. It consists of several chapters, most of which are about learning, moral cultivation, and general principles of life.

In the reading rhythm of the sentences in "The Analects of Confucius", there must be a pause after the first word and related words. Some function words in classical Chinese are placed at the beginning of a sentence to emphasize the tone or to define the entire sentence or even the entire paragraph. Such as xue, so, qi, hou, etc. There should be a slight pause after these words.

The two monosyllabic words that are connected together in the reading rhythm of the sentence in "The Analects of Confucius" must be separated when reading, and cannot be read as two-syllable compound words. Pauses must be processed according to the language order. , that is, there should be a pause between subject and predicate, and a pause between verb and object.

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