Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
character culture backbone
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
men propriety ifs
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
men roots good-man
A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.
men gentleman attention
The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
hate gains rich
The chase of gain is rich in hate
moving climbing mountain
One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
lost labour
Learning without thought is labour lost.
punishment people reform
Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.
thinking may vices
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
knows
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.
gains prosperity found
In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.
men law dominance
It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.
successful hands may
If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.
running animal dragons
I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.