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Confucius

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.


— Confucius


#action #adjust #cannot #goals #obvious

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.


— Confucius


#hear #i #i do #i remember #i see

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.


— Confucius


#am #bad #correct #each #good

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.


— Confucius


#extent #ignorance #know #knowledge #real

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.


— Confucius


#badly #country #governed #poverty #something

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.


— Confucius


#desire #door #excellence #full #keys

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.


— Confucius


#ability #distressed #fact #his #limitations

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.


— Confucius


#government #more #oppressive #than #tiger

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.


— Confucius


#catch #demand #never #up #will

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.


— Confucius


#exercises #government #his #keeps #may






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A good example is found in this famous anecdote:

廄焚。子退朝,曰:“傷人乎?” 不問馬。
When the stables were burnt down on returning from court Confucius said "Was anyone hurt?" He did not ask about the horses. Because of the huge interest in the Confucius family tree there was a project in China to test the DNA of known family members. Kung Te-cheng died in October 2008 and his son Kung Wei-yi the 78th lineal descendant had died in 1989.

Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further developed into a system known as Confucianism. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself" an early version of the Golden Rule. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality correctness of social relationships justice and sincerity.

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