Confucian Analects
Confucius
The Analects of Confucius
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The Master "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perverance and application?
"Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?
"Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?"
The philosopher Yu said, "They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are
fond of offending against their superiors. There have been none, who, not liking
to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion.
"The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being ascend
established, all practical cours naturally grow up. Filial piety and fraternal
submission,-are they not the root of all benevolent actions?"
The Master said, "Fine words and an insinuating appearance are ldom tau
associated with true virtue."
The philosopher Tsang said, "I daily examine mylf on three points:-whether,
in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;-whether, in
intercour with friends, I may have been not sincere;-whether I may have not
mastered and practiced the instructions of my teacher."
The Master said, "To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be
reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love
for men; and the employment of the people at the proper asons."
The Master said, "A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad,
respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow
in love to all, and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and
opportunity, after the performance of the things, he should employ them in
polite studies."
Tsze-hsia said, "If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and
applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in rving his parents,
he can exert his utmost strength; if, in rving his prince, he can devote his sns是什么意思
life; if, in his intercour with his friends, his words are sincere:-although
men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
健怡可乐The Master said, "If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any
zymveneration, and his learning will not be solid.
"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.自然对数
"Have no friends not equal to yourlf.
"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
The philosopher Tsang said, "Let there be a careful attention to perform the
funeral rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone with the
ceremonies of sacrifice;-then the virtue of the people will resume its proper
excellence."
Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung saying, "When our master comes to any country, he
does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or
is it given to him?"
Tsze-kung said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and
complaisant and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking
information,-is it not different from that of other men?"
英语mp3下载The Master said, "While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his
will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. If for three years he does
not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial."
The philosopher Yu said, "In practicing the rules of propriety, a natural
ea is to be prized. In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the
excellent quality, and in things small and great we follow them.
"Yet it is not to be obrved in all cas. If one, knowing how such ea
should be prized, manifests it, without regulating it by the rules of propriety,
this likewi is not to be done."
The philosopher Yu said, "When agreements are made according to what is
right, what is spoken can be made good. When respect is shown according to what
is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace. When the parties upon whom a 电影焦裕禄观后感
man leans are proper persons to be intimate with, he can make them his guides
and masters."
The Master said, "He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food
does not ek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he ek
the appliances of ea; he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his
