Famous quotes about Confucianism

Confucianism has influenced my country for thousands of years in its history. Its thoughts are profound, but it also provides endless opportunities for thinking about moral and ethical learning. Relationship, the following are famous quotes about Confucianism, welcome to read and enjoy.

Famous sayings about Confucianism

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

2. Don’t look at anything inappropriate, hear nothing inappropriate, say nothing inappropriate, or do anything inappropriate.

3. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. No resentment in the country, no resentment at home.

4. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster.

5. A wise man is not confused, a benevolent man is not worried, and a brave man is not afraid.

6. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man.

7. Clever words mess up morality, while small impatience messes up big plans.

8. Righteous justice without seeking profit, knowing the way without considering merit.

9. Don’t worry about what others don’t know, but worry about not knowing others.

10. I will examine myself three times a day.

11. The five virtues of a gentleman: Benevolence without expense, labor without resentment, desire without greed, peace without arrogance, power without violence.

12. A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.

13. A gentleman is not careful in comparing himself with others, while a villain is not careful in comparing himself with others.

14. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to be ignorant. This is wisdom.

15. People who have no faith do not know what is possible.

16. It is not enough for a scholar to aspire to the Tao but be ashamed of his bad clothes and bad food.

17. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

18. A gentleman is slow in words but quick in deeds.

19. Rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be built.

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

21. If you are not angry or enlightened, if you are not angry and angry, if you raise one point but do not counter it with three points, you will never recover.

22. A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people cannot bear their worries, and they will not change their happiness even when they return home. Xian Zai, come back.

23. Know things silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching.

24. Benevolence is far away. I want to be benevolent, but it can be the most benevolent.

25. Zi Xunxunran is good at seducing me. He persuades me with words and invites me with courtesy. He can't stop.

26. Zi said on the river: The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.

27. There are three friends who benefit and three friends who harm. 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.

Mencius’ famous saying:

1. Those who gain the right will get many help, while those who do not follow the right will get little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

2. Wealth and honor cannot lead to adultery, poverty and lowliness cannot change, and power cannot yield. This is called a true man.

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

4. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his heart. Benefit from what it cannot do.

5. If you don’t follow the rules, you won’t be able to form a circle.

6. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

7. Right, then you know the severity; degree, then you know the length.

8. People have to do something, and then they can do something.

9. Those who advance sharply will retreat quickly.

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

11. Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who give up on themselves cannot be talked to.

12. The organ of the heart is thinking, thinking is what you get, and if you don’t think, you can’t get it.

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

14. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. The most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other.

15. 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.

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

17. The benevolent are invincible.

18. 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.

19. Those who enjoy the happiness of the people will also enjoy the happiness of the people; those who care about the worries of the people will also worry about the worries of the people.

20. 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 what I want. You cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

21. When I am old, I am like the old, and when I am young, I am like the young.

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

23. It is better to have no books than to believe in books.

24. The wise are in office and the capable are in office.

25. Respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and the outstanding ones will reign.

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

27. Everyone can be Yao and Shun.

28. The wife must insult herself, and then others will insult her; the family must destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; the country must destroy itself, and then others will destroy it.

29. Those who do not seek blessings or misfortunes by themselves.

30. A gentleman does not complain about heaven or others.

31. To nourish the heart, don’t be good at having few desires.

32. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made the world small. He climbed the Mount Tai and made the world small.

33. The heart of compassion is the root of benevolence; the heart of shame and disgust is the root of righteousness; the heart of resignation is the root of courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is the root of wisdom.

34. A respectful person will not insult others, and a thrifty person will not take away from others.

35. The sage uses his enlightenment to make others enlighten, but now he uses his faintness to make others enlighten.

36. 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.

37. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.

38. If I want to rule the world peacefully, who else can I do in this world?

39. Do not rely on elders, do not rely on nobles, do not rely on brothers but make friends.

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

41. If you are not ashamed, why should you be like a human being?

Xunzi’s famous saying:

1. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.

2. The gentleman said: You can’t stop learning. Green comes from blue, and green comes from blue. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

3. If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't face a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is.

4. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river.

5. Water carries the boat, water overturns the boat. "Xunzi·Kingdom"

6. Scholars do not have to be officials, but officials must be scholars.

7. Gongsheng produces light, while partial produces darkness.

8. There is no end to learning.

9. A horse can’t take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance.

10. A gentleman’s education is also for the sake of beautifying his body, while a villain’s education is also for the sake of being like a baby.

11. Those who lead others with good deeds are called teaching.

12. If you are dignified but fearful, you can be a teacher.

13. A good doctor has many patients. ——"Xunzi·Fa Xing"

14. There is order between elders and younger ones. ——"Xunzi Gentleman Chapter"

15. Don't take away anger, don't give out joy. ——"Xunzi · Self-cultivation"

16. Human beings are to literature what jade is to contemplation.

17. Anyone who is not my teacher is my teacher; anyone who is my teacher is my friend; anyone who flatters me is my thief. ——"Xunzi·Cultivation of one's morality"

18. Heaven's behavior is constant, and it will not exist for Yao, nor will it perish for Jie. ——"Xunzi·Tian Lun"

19. The eyes cannot see twice and see clearly, and the ears cannot hear both ears and understand clearly. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

20. In the hemp, it is straight without support; the white sand is in nirvana, and it is black with it.

——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning";