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the Analects of Confucius 7 http://www.youtubi.org/the-analects-of-confucius-7.html The Master said, “A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P’ang.” The Master said, “The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied:-which one of these things belongs to me?”The [...]
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the Analects of Confucius 6 The Master said, “There is Yung!-He might occupy the place of a prince.” Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, “He may pass. He does not mind small matters.” Chung-kung said, “If a man cherish in himself a reverential feeling of the necessity of attention to business, though he [...]
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the Analects of Confucius 5 The Master said of Kung-ye Ch’ang that he might be wived; although he was put in bonds, he had not been guilty of any crime. Accordingly, he gave him his own daughter to wife. Of Nan Yung he said that if the country were well governed he would not be [...]
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the Analects of Confucius 4 The Master said, “It is virtuous manners which constitute the excellence of a neighborhood. If a man in selecting a residence do not fix on one where such prevail, how can he be wise?” The Master said, “Those who are without virtue cannot abide long either in a condition of [...]
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the Analects of Confucius 3 Confucius said of the head of the Chi family, who had eight rows of pantomimes in his area, “If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?” The three families used the Yungode, while the vessels were being removed, at the conclusion of the sacrifice. [...]
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2 The Master said, “He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.” The Master said, “In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one [...]
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1 The Master “Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance 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 [...]
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