1、言必信,行必果。Keep what you say and carry out what you do.
2、有教無類。 In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.
3、過而不改,是謂過矣。Not to mend the fault one has made is to err indeed.
4、逝者如斯夫,不捨晝夜。It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!
5、己所不欲,勿施於人。What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
6、有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎?Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?
7、德不孤,必有鄰。Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbors.
8、性相近也,習相遠也。By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
9、學而不厭,悔人不倦。 Study hard and never feel contented,and never be tired of teaching others.
10、學而時習之,不亦說乎? Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseveranceand application?
11、當仁,不讓於師。 When it comes to benevolence, one need not give Pcedence even to his teacher.
12、人無遠慮,必有近憂。If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
13、朝聞道,夕死可矣。 If one learns the truth in the morning,one would never regret dying the same evening.
14、學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。Learning without thought is labourlost; thought without learning is perilous.
15、食不厭精,膾不厭細。He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his minced meat cut quite small.
16、學如不及,猶恐失之。 Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it.
17、不患人之不己知,患不知人也。I will not be afflicted at men"s not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.
18、人不知而不慍,不亦君子乎?Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?
19、君子以文會友,以友輔仁。The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue.
20、敏而好學,不恥下問。 He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.
1、言必信,行必果。Keep what you say and carry out what you do.
2、有教無類。 In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.
3、過而不改,是謂過矣。Not to mend the fault one has made is to err indeed.
4、逝者如斯夫,不捨晝夜。It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!
5、己所不欲,勿施於人。What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
6、有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎?Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?
7、德不孤,必有鄰。Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbors.
8、性相近也,習相遠也。By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
9、學而不厭,悔人不倦。 Study hard and never feel contented,and never be tired of teaching others.
10、學而時習之,不亦說乎? Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseveranceand application?
11、當仁,不讓於師。 When it comes to benevolence, one need not give Pcedence even to his teacher.
12、人無遠慮,必有近憂。If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
13、朝聞道,夕死可矣。 If one learns the truth in the morning,one would never regret dying the same evening.
14、學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。Learning without thought is labourlost; thought without learning is perilous.
15、食不厭精,膾不厭細。He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his minced meat cut quite small.
16、學如不及,猶恐失之。 Learn as if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should lose it.
17、不患人之不己知,患不知人也。I will not be afflicted at men"s not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.
18、人不知而不慍,不亦君子乎?Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?
19、君子以文會友,以友輔仁。The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue.
20、敏而好學,不恥下問。 He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.