BIOGRIPHY

Confucius , called Kong Qiu , styled himself as Zhong Ni , was born in 551 BC and died in 479 BC , at the age of 73 , Confucius was a well-known philosopher , educator , statesman and the founder of Confucianism . He is considered as the first one of the ten greatest sages in the world .

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Read the classical book of Confucius , learn the spirit of the Confucianism you will get many useful things ……

WORDSPage1. Confucius is a very great thinker , learn from him .

To learn and to practice what is learned time and again is pleasure, is it not? To have friends from afar is happiness, is it not? To be unperturbed when not appreciateed by othersis gentlemanly, is it not?

Do not be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Without steadfastness, the gentleman would not command respect, and his learning would not be sound . Advocating loyalty and trustworthiness, he has no friend who is not his equal. He would not hesitate to correct his faults.

Note the aspirations of the man during his father’s life time., and condact of the man after his father’s death. If after three years he has not changed his father’s way, this could be considered filial piety.

Clever talk and pretentious manner are seldom compatible with the benevolent

Exploring the old and deducing the new makes a teacher.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain,to think without learning is desolation.

To acknowlege what is known as known,and what is not known as not known is knowlege.

Men live with honesty. The dishonest live,spared by fortune.

Knowlege is not eaqual to devotion. Devotion is not eaqual to joy.

It is possible to speak of lofty subjects with man who are above the average.It is not possible to speak of lofty subjects with man who are below the average.

The wise enjoy the waters, the benevolent enjoy the mountains; the wise are active, the benevolent are placid; the wise are happy,the benevolent live long.

Page2. His words is useful even in this new era .

At fifteen, I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what the biddings of Heaven were. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

A ruler in employing his ministers should be guided solely by the prescriptions of ritual. Ministers in serving their ruler, solely by devotion to his cause.

Be diligent and so fond of learning, but ashamed to pick up knowledge even from the inferiors.

To prefer it is better than only to know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.

The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the Good, secure.

A true gentleman is calm and at ease; the Small man is fretful and ill at ease.

In fear and trembling, with caution and care, As though on the brink of a chasm, as though treading thin ice.

He that is really good can never be unhappy. He that is really wise can never be perplexed. He that is really brave is never afraid.

There are some whom one can join in study but whom one cannot join in progress along the way, others whom one an join in progress along the way, but beside whom on cannot take one stand; and others again beside who

Page3. Read these words carefully , you will get something .

Page4. Maybe they can lead you to a new style of thinking .

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