22 Life Teachings Of Confucius
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Taoism and Confucianism Two Great Currents Which Have Molded Chinese Culture -Alan Watts
by Alan Watts: The philosophy of the Tao is one of the two great principal components of Chinese thought…
Confucian Analects – Part 2
Confucian Analects translated by James Legge (1893) The Master Confucius said, “He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”
Confucian Analects – Part 1
Confucian Analects translated by James Legge (1893) The Master Confucius: “Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?
The Great Learning
Confucius translated by James Legge (1893) WHAT THE GREAT LEARNING teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.
Confucius on Sincerity
“Their knowledge being extensive, their thoughts became sincere.” The foregoing from “The Great Learning” (Text, v. 5) is challenged more frequently, perhaps, than any other of its propositions;
The Ethics of Confucius: General Human Relations
After instruction in self-development, men need to know their relation to their fellows. First in importance of our social duties, and intimately connected with individual character, Confucius placed propriety.
Confucius Teachings on Education
Confucius taught that one the key to self mastery was through scholarship and study. He stated “He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” (Analects 2.15)
The Ethics of Confucius: Propriety of Deportment
“It is virtuous manners which constitute the excellence of a neighbourhood. If a man in selecting a residence do not fix upon one where such prevail, how can he be wise?” (Analects, bk. iv., c. i.)
Teachings of Confucius
What are the main teachings of Confucius? Confucius expounded a system of social and political philosophy which he conveyed to a group of disciples.
The Art of Living
“The practice of right-living is deemed the highest, the practice of any other art lower. Complete virtue takes first place; the doing of anything else whatsoever is subordinate.” (Li Ki, bk. xvii., sect. iii., 5.)
What Constitutes The Superior Man
The central idea of Confucius is that every normal human being cherishes the aspiration to become a superior man—superior to his fellows, if possible, but surely superior to his own past and present self.
