About Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the philosophy and...
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
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I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.