Being rich and important is what people yearn for. A gentleman won't live there if you don't get him by proper means. Poverty and meanness are disgusting to people, and a gentleman will not get rid of them unless he abandons them in an appropriate way.
How can a gentleman achieve his name if he is heartless? A gentleman does not avoid benevolence, even if it is a meal. He must follow kindness in urgent and difficult situations.
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The Analects of Confucius is one of the classic works of Confucianism and a collection of recorded essays, which mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples in the form of quotations and dialogues, and embodies Confucius' political, aesthetic, moral and utilitarian values. The Analects of Confucius covers politics, education, literature, philosophy and ways of living.
As early as the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, when Confucius set up an altar to give lectures, its main contents were initially established; After the death of Confucius, his disciples and re-disciples passed on his remarks from generation to generation, and gradually recorded the words and deeds of these oral quotations, so it was called "On"; The Analects of Confucius mainly records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples.
Therefore, Zhao Yi, known as "language", explained in the Qing Dynasty: "The speaker, the sage's language, the commentator and the Confucian discussion are also." In fact, "Shang" means compiling. The Analects of Confucius refers to recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples and compiling them into books.
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