In the Analects of Confucius, a sentence explaining the dialectical relationship between hermeneutics and thinking is to make friends without believing.

Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous. Confucius said: If you don't think about reading, you will be confused and at a loss. If you dream of not reading, you will be harmed.

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations compiled by Confucius' disciples and recorded their words and deeds. Written in the early Warring States period. The book consists of 20 chapters and 492 chapters, with quotations as the main part and narratives as the supplement.