Confucius is a famous Chinese thinker, educator, politician and the founder of Confucianism. Confucianism, also known as Confucianism, is one of the hundreds of schools of thought contending in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, and is an academic sect. Below are the classic Confucian quotes I compiled, I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

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1. When you are angry, you forget to eat, and when you are happy, you forget. I'm worried, I don't know that old age is coming.

2. Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest on them, and enjoy them.

3. Being rich and noble through unjust means is like a floating cloud to me.

4. You are so virtuous, come back! A basket of food and a ladle of drink, in a back alley, people cannot bear their worries. Even if I return, I will not change my joy. You are so virtuous, come back!

5. Scholars who aspire to the Tao, but are ashamed of those who wear bad clothes and eat badly, are not worthy of discussion.

6. Wealth and honor are what people want; if they don’t follow the right path, they won’t get it. Poverty and lowliness are what people hate; if you don't follow the right path, you won't get rid of them.

7. Wealth can be sought after, even if I am a whip-wielding man, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, do as I like.

8. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend come from afar? See benefit and think of righteousness, see danger and give orders.

9. Cultivation of oneself to respect others? Cultivation of oneself to bring peace to others? Cultivation of oneself to bring peace to the people.

10. You can support an orphan six feet away, and you can send a life a hundred miles away. You can't take it away during a big festival.

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

12. The king died due to illness and his name was not known.

13. Those who are upright are upright and righteous. Observe words and colors, and consider the following people.

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

15. It is easy for a gentleman to do things but difficult to say (pleasure). Saying (pleasure) does not follow the way, and does not say (pleasure).

16. A gentleman’s official duties are to act righteously.

17. Zi said Yu Chan. ?There are four ways of a gentleman: he behaves respectfully towards himself, he is respectful in his conduct, he benefits the people when he nourishes them, and he treats the people righteously. ?

18. Gentlemen are harmonious but not uniform; villains are harmonious but not harmonious.

19. A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but not a party.

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

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

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

23. Act on the interests of others and complain too much.

24. Seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence, why complain.

25. When quality is better than literature, the country will be wild; when literature is better than quality, history will be achieved. Be gentle and polite, then be a gentleman.

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

27. Is it possible to say French without any care? Change it to expensive.

28. (? Write? Remove the handle) Talk to it, can you say nothing? It is precious to interpret it. If I say it but don’t explain it, and therefore don’t change it, then I’m done with it.

29. Seeing the good is like exploring the soup.

30. A gentleman respects the virtuous and tolerates others, praises the good but is reserved.

31. A scholar who cares about his home is not enough to be a scholar!

A collection of classic Confucian sayings

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

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

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

4. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment.

5. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should introspect yourself.

6. If you are a three-person person, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

7. I will examine myself three times today: Have I been unfaithful in my plans? Have I trusted my friends after making friends? Have I not been accustomed to spreading the word?

8. Be respectful when you live, and be respectful when serving. , Be loyal to others.

9. A gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. He is a brother in the world. He speaks faithfully and acts respectfully. This is true even in a barbaric country.

If one is dishonest in words and dishonest in deeds, how can one behave even in the state?

10. If one has a sense of shame in one's own conduct, if one is sent to all directions and does not disgrace the emperor's orders, he can be called a scholar.

11. Confucius said: "He who can practice the five things will be benevolent in the world." ?Ask me. Said: ? Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, benefit. If you are respectful, you will not be insulted, if you are tolerant, you will win people, if you are trustworthy, you will be accepted by others, if you are sensitive, you will be successful, and if you are kind, you will be able to win over others.

12. A gentleman takes righteousness as a pledge, practices etiquette as a pledge, a grandson as a disciple, and trust as a fulfillment. You are a gentleman!

13. If you make mistakes without correcting them, you have made mistakes!

14. If you make mistakes without correcting them, you are in a hurry to make corrections.

15. Don’t express your anger and never make mistakes.

16. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition!

17. If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

18. No haste, no small gain. If you want haste, you will not achieve anything; if you see small profits, you will not achieve great things.

19. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. Isn't it too important to be benevolent when one considers one's own responsibilities? Isn't it too far away to sacrifice one's own life?

20. If one's virtue is not extended and his faith is not firm, how can he be able to live or die?

21. When making friends, keep your word. Use literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

22. There are three friends who will benefit, and three friends who will lose. 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.

23. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.

24. A gentleman has nothing to eat and nothing to live in, and he has no desire to live in peace. He is sensitive to things and careful in his words.

25. Wrong words and bad ethics.

26. Clever words and charming words are fresh and benevolent.

27. Strength, perseverance, woodiness, indifference and benevolence.

28. Those who are virtuous must cultivate their words, but those who are eloquent do not need to cultivate their virtues.

29. Listen to his words and watch his actions.

30. You don’t use words to lift people up, and you don’t use people to waste words.

31. The ancients couldn’t say anything, and they couldn’t catch it even if they were ashamed.

32. A gentleman’s name must be something to be said, and his words must be actionable. A gentleman is nothing more than strict about what he says.

33. If you can talk to someone but don’t talk to them, you will miss someone; if you talk to someone you can’t talk to, you will lose your words. He who knows does not lose people, nor does he lose words.

34. To say something without mentioning it is called impatience; to say something but not say anything is called concealment; to say it without seeing the color is called blindness.

35. If you love benevolence but don’t learn, you will be ignorant; if you love knowledge but don’t learn, you will be blind; if you love faith but don’t learn, then you will be a thief;

36. If you love straightforwardness, you will be blind. If someone is not willing to learn, his behavior will be twisted; if he is brave but not willing to learn, his behavior will be chaotic; if he is rigid but not willing to learn, his behavior will be crazy.

37. Being respectful but rude will lead to fatigue, being cautious but rude will cause chaos, being brave but rude will lead to chaos, being straight but rude will lead to strangulation.

38. To serve the king, respect his duties and then his food.

39. When it comes to etiquette, harmony is the most valuable thing.

40. Acting only for profit and complaining too much.