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From The Analects by Confucius

The document contains sayings and teachings from Confucius on various topics as translated by Arthur Waley. Some of the key points discussed are: 1) Confucius says that learning and reviewing what one has learned is a pleasure, and having friends visit from afar is delightful. 2) He advises that a young man's duty is to respect his parents and elders, keep promises, be kind to all, but seek intimacy with good people. 3) Confucius states that a good man does not grieve if others do not recognize his merits, only if he fails to recognize others' merits.

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From The Analects by Confucius

The document contains sayings and teachings from Confucius on various topics as translated by Arthur Waley. Some of the key points discussed are: 1) Confucius says that learning and reviewing what one has learned is a pleasure, and having friends visit from afar is delightful. 2) He advises that a young man's duty is to respect his parents and elders, keep promises, be kind to all, but seek intimacy with good people. 3) Confucius states that a good man does not grieve if others do not recognize his merits, only if he fails to recognize others' merits.

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From the Analects by Confucius

translated by Arthur Waley

The Master said, “To learn and at due times to


repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?
Those friends should come to one from afar, is this not after
all delightful? To remain unsoured even though one’s merits
are unrecognized by others is that not after all what is
expected of a gentleman?”

The Master said, “A young man’s duty is to behave


well to his parents at home and to his elders abroad, to be
cautious in giving promises and punctual in giving them, to
have kindly feelings towards everyone, but seek the intimacy
of good. If, when all that is done, he has any energy to spare,
and then let him study the polite arts.”

The Master said, “The good man does not grieve that
other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.”

The Master said, “He who rules by moral force is like the Pole star, which remains in its place
where all the lesser stars do homage to it.”

The Master said, “If out of three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teaching,
I would say, Let there be no evil in your thoughts.”

The Master said, “Govern the people by regulations, keep order among them by chastisements,
and they will flee from you, and lose all self-respect. Govern them by moral force, keep order among them
by ritual, they will keep their self-respect and come to you of their own accord.” Meng Wu Po asked about
the treatment of parents.

The Master said, “Behave in such a way that your father and mother have no anxiety about you,
except concerning your health.”

The Master said, “A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is
biased and can see a question only from one side.”

The Master said, “You, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to recognize
that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to recognize that you do not know it. That is
knowledge.”

The Master said, “High office filled by men of narrow views, ritual performed without reverence,
the forms of mourning observed without grief—these are things I cannot bear to see!” The Master said,
“In the presence of a good man, think all the time how you may learn to equal him. In the presence of a
bad man, turn your gaze within!”

The Master said, “In old days, a man kept hold on his words, fearing the disgrace that would ensue
should he himself fail to keep pace with them.”

The Master said, “A gentleman covets the reputation of being slow in word but prompt in deed.”

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