Confucius said, "Only those who are kind can love and hate others." When Confucius said "benevolence", he meant not only "love" but also "hate". Only by being "benevolent" can there be a correct love-hate relationship.

2. Fan Chi asked about benevolence, saying, "The benevolent is rare first, so it can be said that he is benevolent."

Fan Chi asked Confucius what benevolence was, and Confucius said, "Benevolent people have different opinions, and wise people have different opinions. When there is a harvest, he has to be behind others, which can be said to be a benevolent person. "

3. Confucius said: "The knower enjoys water, and the benevolent enjoys Leshan; The knower moves, and the benevolent is quiet; Those who know are happy, and those who are benevolent are longevity. "

Confucius said: "love the water, a wise man, loves mountains;" Smart people are flexible, and benevolent people are single-minded. Wise people are happy, and benevolent people live long. "

4. Confucius said, "What is benevolence? Will be holy! Yao Shun is still ill. Benevolent people want to be a man, but they want to be a man. It can be said that the benevolent side has already existed. "

Confucius said: "He is both a benevolent and a saint! Even Yao and Shun can't do it. As for the benevolent, it is self-reliance and self-improvement to help others stand together; If you want to live well by yourself, you should also help others to live well together. It can be said that comparing everything with yourself and pushing yourself and others is a kind of practice of benevolence. "

5. Confucius said: "Clever words make color, fresh and benevolent."

Confucius said: "People who are full of sweet words and smiles rarely show kindness."

6. Confucius said: "People with lofty ideals are benevolent, and they don't have to live and harm benevolence, but they must commit suicide and become benevolent."

Confucius said: "People with lofty ideals should not harm benevolence in order to save their lives, but should give up their lives to protect benevolence."

7. Confucius said: "erudite and determined, eager to ask and close to thinking; Benevolence is among them. "

Xia Zi said: "Benevolence lies in extensive research, firm one's ambition, serious questions and thinking with practice."