Philosophical Quotes of Confucius

Attitude towards life

1. If you are so angry that you forget to eat, if you are happy you forget your worries, you do not know that old age is coming.

2. Isn’t it great to have friends from far away?

3. See righteousness when seeing benefit, and give orders when seeing danger.

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

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

6. A benevolent person will not worry, a knowledgeable person will not be confused, and a brave person will not be afraid.

7. A gentleman seeks the road but not the food. The gentleman worries about the road but not the poverty.

8. When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither.

Motto of life

1. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up.

2. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

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

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

5. When three people walk together, they must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

6. I will examine myself three times every day: Are I being unfaithful to others? Make friends but don’t believe it? Are you not used to it?

Selected famous quotes from "Mencius"

1. Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body. , His behavior was chaotic, so his mind and forbearance were tempted, which was beneficial to what he could not do.

2. If you are poor, you can help yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.

3. I am an old person, and I am an old person, and I am a young person, and I am an old person, and I am an old person, and I am an old person.

4. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

5. Those who have attained the right will receive much help, while those who have lost the right will receive little help.

6. The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

7. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

8. Riches and honors cannot be indulged in adultery, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. This is called a true man.

9. It is better to have no book at all than to believe in the book.

10. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

With a square hat, a long beard, and simple clothes, this is the great educator, thinker, and statesman Confucius! He was smart and studious since he was a child, and he took on apprentices when he was in his twenties. He traveled around the country with his students for fourteen years, impressed people with his wisdom and conduct, and overcame many difficulties.

The book "The Story of Confucius" mainly tells the introduction of Confucius' life. From this book, I saw Confucius's humility, boldness, intelligence, studiousness and diligence. Confucius lost his father when he was three years old and his mother when he was seventeen. He could only become lonely and cold. However, he did not fear the dangers and difficulties of survival. Instead, he was more studious and diligent, and asked questions when he didn't understand. This made me I also remembered one of his famous sayings: "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, it is knowing."

I admire Confucius' humility the most. One thing that happened to him remains fresh in my memory.

One day at noon, with the scorching sun in the sky, Confucius was sitting in a carriage and driving. Suddenly, Confucius heard the argument between two children. Curious, he walked over to take a look. "Hello, children." Confucius greeted first, "What are you arguing about?" "We are arguing about whether the sun is closer to us in the morning or at noon!" A child answered first. After hearing this question, Confucius began to think seriously, but after thinking about it, he didn't know how to answer it, so he asked the two children again: "Children, tell me your own reasons!" "I'll say it first. "I think the sun is closer to us in the morning, because the sun is bigger in the morning, so I think the sun is closer to us in the morning!" said the taller child. "No, I object. I think the sun is close to us at noon, because the sun is hottest at noon, so I think the sun is close to us at noon!" said the short child.

After listening to the words of the two children, Confucius thought carefully and thought that the words of the two children were very reasonable, but he himself did not know the real answer, so he did not pretend to understand, but told the two children Said: "Two children, actually I don't know the answer to this question! Let me go back and think about it again!"...

Confucius is such a humble person. He doesn't pretend to understand when he doesn't understand. The good habits are good examples for us to learn from! It is precisely because of this that Confucius learned more knowledge, broadened his horizons, became more knowledgeable, and eventually became a great educator, thinker, and politician in ancient China.

Confucius is one of the greatest figures in the five thousand years of Chinese history. He is the founder of Confucianism. The most glorious point in his thought is "benevolence". The book "The Story of Confucius" It is also a tribute to Confucius’s life and character