Collection of Confucian famous sayings and aphorisms 1. 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, deplete his body, and disturb his actions. Therefore, Tempting one's heart and forbearance has helped one's ability. (Mencius) 2. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young. (Mencius) 3. Those who have attained the Way will receive much help, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. (Mencius) 4. Wealth and honor cannot lead to sexual immorality, poverty and lowliness cannot change, power and force cannot yield, this is called a true man. (Mencius) 5. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. (Mencius) 6. Confucius said: "Learning without thinking will lead to failure; thinking without learning will lead to peril." 7. Confucius said: "When you see the virtuous, think about it; when you see the virtuous, you will introspect yourself." 8. Confucius said: "If you don't get angry or angry, if you don't get angry, if you raise one point but don't turn it back with three points, you will never recover." 9. Confucius said: "Three friends will benefit you, and you will lose three friends. Friends who are straight, friends who are forgiving, friends who are knowledgeable, that's the benefit. "Friends are friendly and gentle, and friends are sycophants." 10. Zi Xia said: "Education and determination, careful inquiry and close thinking, and benevolence in it." 11. Green, taken from blue, and green. Yulan; ice water is it, but colder than water. 12. Therefore, if wood is supported by a rope, it will be straight; if metal is sharpened, it will be beneficial; if a gentleman is knowledgeable and reflects daily, he will know clearly and act without mistakes. 13. A fake horse will not be able to reach a thousand miles, but it will be able to travel a thousand miles; a fake boat will not be able to swim, but it will stop the river. 14. Therefore, if you do not accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you do not accumulate small streams, you cannot reach a river or sea. 15. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. 16. A horse can make ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten steps without giving up. 17. A gentleman is peaceful but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not peaceful; Confucius 18. Clever words confuse virtue, and small impatience confuses great plans; Confucius 19. Righteous justice without pursuing its benefits, and knowing the way without counting its merits; Confucius 20 , The wonders, weirdness, and extraordinary views of the world often lie in the dangers and distances, and people rarely come to this in their old age, so those who have no ambition cannot reach it. 21. It is difficult or easy for people to learn. If you learn, the difficult ones will also become easy; if you don't learn, the easy ones will also be difficult. 22. When the hundreds of rivers reach the sea from the east, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable. 24. If you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is. Xunzi 25. Don’t worry about others because you don’t know yourself; worry about others because you don’t know them. Confucius 26. The five virtues of a gentleman: Benevolence without wasting money, labor without resentment, desire without greed, peace without arrogance, power without violence; Confucius 27. The method of reading is to proceed step by step, read well and think deeply. Zhu Xi 28. If you are envious of fish in the deep water, it is better to retreat and build a net; Dong Zhongshu 29. The sage does not value the jade of a foot, but the jade of an inch, which is rare and easy to lose; Huainanzi 30. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man. The Analects of Confucius 31. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as sweet wine. Zhuangzi 32. The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. Qu Yuan 33. If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. Mencius. Excerpts from Confucius's famous sayings: 34. A gentleman is always in comparison, but a villain is not in comparison; 35. To know is to know, and to know is not to know, this is wisdom; 36. People