Confucius s thoughts and his deeds and quotes

1. Original text: At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Confucius said: "After my death, the business is also increasing, and the gift is also declining."

Zeng Zi said: "What is it? Zi said:

Discuss with those who are virtuous, and give good to those who say that they are not as good as themselves. They do not know their sons, but they regard their fathers; I don't know who he is, but I see him as a friend. I don't know his king, but I see what he makes; I don't know the place, but I don't know the grass and trees.

Therefore, it is said: "Living with good people, such as entering the room of Zhilan, and not smelling its fragrance for a long time, that is, it will melt with it." and ungood people, such as into the abalone, for a long time without smelling its smell, but also with it.

The one who hides the Dan is red, and the one who hides the lacquer is black, so that the gentleman must be careful about where he is. ”

2. Translation: Confucius said: "After me, Zixia will be more backward than before, and Zigong will be regressive than before" Zeng Zi asked

Why? Confucius said: "Zixia likes to be with people who are more virtuous than himself, (so his moral cultivation will improve day by day); Zigong likes to get along with people who are not as intelligent as his own, (so his moral cultivation will be gradually lost).

If you don't know how the child is, you can just look at the child's father (the child's future situation), if you don't know the person, you can look at the friends around him, if you don't know the master, just look at the messengers he sent, and if you don't know the local situation, you can look at the local grass and trees. Therefore, always being with people of noble character is like bathing in a house full of fragrance where Zhilan is planted, and after a long time, you will not be able to smell the fragrance, but you will already be full of fragrance; Being with people with poor character is like going to a shop that sells salted fish, and you can't smell it after a long time, and you also integrate into the environment; The place where the Dan is hidden will turn red after a long time, and the place where the lacquer is hidden will turn black after a long time, so a true gentleman must carefully choose the environment in which he lives. ”

In ordinary study, work, and life, when it comes to famous sayings, everyone must be familiar with them, which are mainly used to motivate and tell the parties certain truths, and remind people to maintain a certain spiritual character at all times in life. So what kind of quote is a classic quote? The following is a collection of famous sayings and stories of Confucius for your reference, hoping to help friends in need.

Commenting on the redemption of slaves

At that time, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a rule in the Lu State that anyone who traveled abroad and saw a Lu person being sold as a slave in a foreign country could spend money to redeem him, and after returning to the Lu State, he went to the treasury to report the account, and the treasury paid it. Confucius had a student who really saw a Lu man being sold into slavery abroad, so he ransomed him. After the redemption, he did not go to the treasury to repay the account, and others said that this man was of noble character.

When Confucius found out, he scolded the student, saying that the student had done something wrong. Isn't it a good thing that others are strange and do good deeds, and then redeem people and do not pay the bills? Isn't it of high character?

Confucius said that we should not look at the problem in this way, and his practice actually prevented more slaves from being redeemed. After this person came back, he did not go to report the account, and in the future, when others saw the slave Lu people, they wanted to redeem him, and thought, after I redeemed it, if I go to report the account, others will discuss: In the past, someone did not report the account, and you went to report the account, and your character was not as good as his.

Rescue people from overboard

When a man fell into the water, one of Confucius's students jumped into the water and rescued him, and the family thanked him and gave him a cow, and he took it. Others are talking about it: Do you need money to go into the water to save people?

Confucius found out and praised the student, saying that the student had done the right thing, which would have saved more people who had fallen into the water. Because after saving someone, they can collect money when they give them, so if someone falls into the water, some people are willing to save them. So it depends on the objective effect.

Confucius saluted

Legend has it that Confucius was young and courteous, and one year in autumn, dark clouds rolled, cold winds swished, and fallen leaves fell from the trees and flew with the wind. At this time, the young Confucius was concentrating on reading under the window, and because the weather was too cold, he was wearing thin clothes and rubbing his hands from time to time. The mother, who was sitting on the side, said bitterly

Kid, take a break! ”

All right! Confucius agreed, stood up, picked up the beans that had been placed on the table, and went out of the house without a sound.

The mother hurriedly said, "Child, it's windy outside, it's so cold, and it's about to rain, so don't go to the yard to play." ”

Kong Qiu said with a straight face: "No, mother, I am sacrificing to the gods and making a big gift!" ”

What are you doing with the great salute? Mother asked him.

If I don't learn etiquette now, I won't know how to be a person when I grow up. ”

The mother listened to Kongqiu's words and was speechless in astonishment.

In an era of bad manners, Kongqiu's demeanor was indeed extraordinary.

The core of Confucius's thought is "propriety" and "benevolence", and he traveled around the world for 14 years and wrote the book "Spring and Autumn", and his thoughts are included in the "Analects".

Confucius was trapped in the area around Chen Cai and did not taste rice for seven days. One day at noon, his first son Yan asked for some rice to cook porridge. When the rice was about to be cooked, Confucius saw Yan Hui actually grab the rice in the pot with his hands and eat it.

Confucius deliberately pretended not to see it, and when Yan Hui came in and invited Confucius to eat, Confucius stood up and said, "Just now Ancestor Meng Li told me that food must be offered to the elders before eating, so how can you eat it yourself?"

When Yan Hui heard this, he hurriedly explained: Master misunderstood, just now I saw coal ash falling into the pot, so I picked up the soiled rice and ate it. Confucius sighed: People trust the eyes, and the eyes are unreliable, and the heart can be relied on, but the heart is also insufficient.

Confucius (551-479 BC) was a great thinker and educator in China in the late Spring and Autumn period.