Enjoy,
Be well, do good.
BG
14. The Master said, A gentleman that does not seek to eat his fill, nor look for ease in his home, who is earnest at work and careful of speech, who walks with those that keep the Way, and is guided by and great. But knowing this, it will not do to give way to ease, unchecked by courtesy. This too is wrong.
13. Yu-tzu said, If pledges are close to right, word can be kept. If attentions are close to courtesy, shame will be kept far. If we do not choose our leaders wrong, we may worship them too.
15. What is a gentleman? The Master said, He puts words into deeds first, and follows these up with words.
2. The Master said, Loveless men cannot bear need long, they cannot bear fortune long. Loving men find peace in love, the wise find profit in it.
7. The Master said, A man and his faults are of a piece. By watching his faults we learn whether love be his
24. The Master said, A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to do.
17. The Master said, Man is born straight. If he grows crooked and yet lives, he is lucky to escape.
9. The Master said, Rotten wood cannot be carved, nor are dung walls plastered. Why chide with Yü?
3. The Master said, Not making the most of my mind, want of thoroughness in learning, failure to do the right when told it, lack of strength to overcome faults; these are my sorrows.
27. The Master said, There may be men that do things without knowing why. I do not. To hear much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and think it over; this comes next to wisdom
35. The Master said, Waste makes men unruly, thrift makes them mean; but they are better mean than unruly.
16. The Master said, A gentleman shapes the good in man, he does not shape the bad in him. The small man does the contrary.
2. When he was steward of the Chi, Chung-kung asked how to rule. The Master said, Let officers act first; overlook small faults, lift up brains and worth.
24. The Master said, A gentleman's life leads upwards; the small man's life leads down.
17. The Master said, Right is the stuff of which a gentleman is made. Done with courtesy, spoken with humility, rounded with truth, right makes a gentleman.
20. The Master said, A gentleman asks of himself, the small man asks of others.
38. The Master said, Learning knows no rank.
9. Confucius said, The best men are born wise. Next come those that grow wise by learning; then those that learn from toil. Those that do not learn from toil are the lowest of the people.
3. The Master said, Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
6. Tzu-chang asked Confucius what is love.
Confucius said, Love is to mete out five things to all below heaven.
May I ask what they are?
Modesty and bounty, said Confucius, truth, earnestness and kindness. Modesty escapes insult: bounty wins the many; truth gains men's trust; earnestness brings success; and kindness is enough to make men work.
5. Tzu-hsia said, He that each day remembers his failings and each month forgets nothing won may be said to love learning indeed!
9. Tzu-hsia said, A gentleman changes thrice. Looking up to him he seems stern; as we draw near, he warms; but his speech, when we hear it, is sharp.
The Master said, A gentleman is kind, but not wasteful; he burdens, but he does not embitter; he is covetous, but not greedy; high-minded, but not proud; stern, but not fierce.
17. The Master said, Right is the stuff of which a gentleman is made. Done with courtesy, spoken with humility, rounded with truth, right makes a gentleman.
20. The Master said, A gentleman asks of himself, the small man asks of others.
38. The Master said, Learning knows no rank.
9. Confucius said, The best men are born wise. Next come those that grow wise by learning; then those that learn from toil. Those that do not learn from toil are the lowest of the people.
3. The Master said, Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
6. Tzu-chang asked Confucius what is love.
Confucius said, Love is to mete out five things to all below heaven.
May I ask what they are?
Modesty and bounty, said Confucius, truth, earnestness and kindness. Modesty escapes insult: bounty wins the many; truth gains men's trust; earnestness brings success; and kindness is enough to make men work.
5. Tzu-hsia said, He that each day remembers his failings and each month forgets nothing won may be said to love learning indeed!
9. Tzu-hsia said, A gentleman changes thrice. Looking up to him he seems stern; as we draw near, he warms; but his speech, when we hear it, is sharp.
The Master said, A gentleman is kind, but not wasteful; he burdens, but he does not embitter; he is covetous, but not greedy; high-minded, but not proud; stern, but not fierce.