Confucius

[Xue Sheng]

Confucius ( 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade–Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), literally "Master Kong", (traditionally September 28, 551 BC – 479 BC)



Confucian quotes:

• "To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue."
  知錯能改，善莫大焉
• "What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others."
  己所不欲，勿施於人。
• "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my crooked arm for a pillow - is not joy to be found therein? Riches and honors acquired through unrighteousness are to me as the floating clouds."
  疏食飲水，曲肱而枕，樂在其中矣。不義而富貴，於我如浮雲。
• "Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't."
  知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也.
• "Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?"
  學而時習之，不亦說乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎?人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？

What actually led me to this post was I just saw the new movie Confucius starring Zhōu Rùnfā, 周润发, aka Chow Yun-fat, and it was not bad... not completely historically accurate but not bad