Analects

Chapter 15
15.1
Duke Ling of Wei asked Chen Yu about Confucius.

Confucius said to him: "You have heard about the Zudou matter; you have never learned about the military affairs." It will be carried out tomorrow.

15.2
In Chen Jueliang, the follower was sick and could not be happy.Zi Lu was stunned and said: "A gentleman is also poor?" Zi said: "A gentleman is always poor, but a villain is too poor."

15.3
The Master said: "Giving it to you, is it for a woman who is knowledgeable and knowledgeable?"

Confrontation: "Well, is it not with?"

Said: "No. I will make it consistent."

15.4
The Master said: "Yu! Those who know virtue are rare."

15.5
The Master said: "Those who rule by doing nothing will be with Shun! What is the husband doing? Just respect yourself and face the south."

15.6
Zi Zhang asked.The Master said: "If you speak faithfully and act with sincerity and respect, even if it is a barbaric country, you will do it; if you are not faithful and faithful, and your actions are not sincere and respectful, will you do it even if you are in the state?" Then you can see that it depends on the balance. The husband will do it later!" Zi Zhang wrote to all the gentry.

15.7
The Master said: "Zhi Shiyu! A state with the way is like an arrow; a state without the way is like an arrow. A gentleman is like a gentleman! If the state has the way, he will be an official; if the state has no way, he will be fond of it."

15.8
The Master said: "If you can talk to someone, but if you don't talk to him, you will lose someone; if you can't talk to him, if you talk to him, you will lose your word. Those who know will not lose people, and they will not lose words."

15.9
The Master said: "A person with lofty ideals is a benevolent person. There is no one who seeks to live to harm benevolence, but one who kills himself to achieve benevolence."

15.10
Zigong asked for benevolence.

The Master said: "If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools. Living in a state, he will serve the sages of his officials, and befriend the benevolent men of his scholars."

15.11
Yan Yuan asked Wei Bang.

The Master said: "When traveling in the summer, take advantage of Yin's scorpion and serve Zhou's crown. The music is "Shao" dance. Let the sound of Zheng be far away from sycophants.

15.12
Confucius said: "People have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries."

15.13
The Master said: "It's almost over! I have never seen someone who loves virtue as much as she loves sex."

15.14
The Master said: "Zang Wenzhong, the one who stole the throne? Knowing that Liu Xiahui is a virtuous man, he would not stand up with him."

15.15
The Master said: "If you bow yourselves to be generous and blame others lightly, you will be far away from resentment!"

15.16
The Master said: "If you don't say 'what is like it, what is like it', it is too late for me to be like what it is."

15.17
The Master said: "It's hard to live in groups all day long, and it's hard to talk about righteousness and practice small wisdom!"

15.18
The Master said: "A gentleman takes righteousness as a quality, etiquette to practice it, grandchildren to show it, and faith to make it. A gentleman!"

15.19
Confucius said: "A gentleman is sick and incompetent, and he is not sick because he doesn't know it."

15.20
The Master said: "A gentleman is ill and died without a name."

15.21
The Master said: "A gentleman seeks from himself, a villain seeks from others."

15.22
The Master said: "A gentleman does not fight, and a group does not party."

15.23
The Master said: "A gentleman does not use his words to lift others up, nor does he use others to waste his words."

15.24
Zi Gong asked: "Is there anyone who has a word that can be practiced for a lifetime?" The Master said: "It's 'forgive'! Don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do."

15.25
The Master said: "I am to others, who will destroy who will be praised? If there is a reputation, it has been tested. The people are also the reason why the three generations have followed the straight path."

15.26
The Master said: "I am as old as Shi Quewen, and those who have horses borrow others to ride them. Now I am dead!"

15.27
The Master said: "Smart talk messes up morality. Small intolerance leads to great confusion."

15.28
The Master said: "Everyone who is evil must be investigated; everyone who is good must be investigated."

15.29
The Master said: "People can spread the Tao, but the Tao does not promote people."

15.30
The Master said: "If you pass it and don't change it, then you have passed it."

15.31
The Master said: "I have tasted not eating all day long, not sleeping all night, and thinking about it is useless. It is better to learn."

15.32
The Master said: "A gentleman seeks the way but not food. Farming is where he is discouraged; learning is where income is. A gentleman is worried about the way and not about poverty."

15.33
The Master said: "If you know how to reach it, benevolence cannot keep it. Even if you gain it, you will lose it. If you know how to reach it, you can keep it with benevolence. If you don't respect it, the people will disrespect it. If you know it, you can keep it with benevolence. If you move without courtesy, you are not kind.”

15.34
The Master said: "A gentleman should not know too little but can accept it greatly; a villain should not accept too much but know it little."

15.35
The Master said: "The people's benevolence is more important than water and fire. Water and fire, I have seen people who danced and died, but I did not see people who died because of benevolence."

15.36
Youzi said: "Being benevolent, don't yield to the teacher."

15.37
The Master said: "A gentleman is chaste but not forgiving."

15.38
Confucius said: "Serve the king, respect his work and then eat."

15.39
Confucius said: "There is no distinction between teaching and learning."

15.40
Confucius said: "The way is different, so don't conspire with each other."

15.41
The Master said: "The words are just expressive."

15.42
When Master Mian saw the steps, the Master said: "The steps." As for the seats, the Master said: "The seats." When they were all seated, the Master told him, "Someone is here, and so is here." The teacher came out.Zizhang asked, "What is the way to talk to the teacher?" The Zi said, "Yes. It is also the way of the teacher."

(End of this chapter)