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Sun Tzu said: There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp;the second is to burn stores; the third is to burn baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines;the fifth is to hurl dropping fire amongst the enemy.
孙子曰:凡火攻有五:一曰火人,二曰火积,三曰火辎,四曰火库,五曰火队。
2.
Confucius said: "The Superior Man is not a utensil."
子曰:「君子不器。」
3.
Confucius once said, @Instruction knows no class distinction.
子曰:“有教无类。”
4.
Confucius said: "I have not yet met a really solid man."Someone said, "What about Shan Ch'ang?"Confucius said, "Ch'ang is ruled by lust. How could he be solid?"
子曰:「吾未见刚者。」或对曰:「申。」子曰:「申也欲,焉得刚」
5.
: Tzu Kung asked: "What do you say of me?"Confucius said, "You are a vessel."What kind of vessel."A gemmed sacrificial vessel."
子贡问曰:「赐也何如」子曰:「女,器也。」曰:「何器也」曰:「瑚琏也。」
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Confucius said: "The verses of the Book of Odes can be summed up in a single phrase: 'Don't think in an evil way.'"
子曰:「诗三百,一言以蔽之,曰:思无邪。」
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The Differences Between ′Jun Zi Says′ in The Zuo Commenter and ′Tai Shi Gong says′ in Records of Historian
《左传》“君子曰”与《史记》“太史公曰”比异
8.
Someone asked Confucius: "Why are you not involved in government?"
或谓孔子曰:「子奚不为政」
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Meng I Tzu asked about the meaning of filial piety. Confucius said, "It means 'not diverging (from your parents).'"
孟懿子问孝。子曰:「无违。」
10.
Confucius said, "A painting is done on plain white paper."Tzu Hsia said, "Then are rituals a secondary thing?"Confucius said, "Ah, Shang, you uplift me. Now we can really Begin to discuss the Book of Odes."
子曰:「绘事后素。」曰:「礼后乎」子曰:「起予者商也始可与言诗矣。」
11.
Confucius said: "If you are strict with yourself, your mistakes will be few."
子曰:「以约失之者,鲜矣。」
12.
Confucius said: "If you are really committed to humaneness, you will have no evil in you."
子曰:「苟志于仁矣,无恶也。」
13.
Confucius said: "Yung could fulfill the role of 'facing south' (Being a ruler)."
子曰:「雍也可使南面。」
14.
Confucius said: "To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous."
子曰:「攻乎异端,斯害也己。」
15.
Confucius said: "If I can hear the Tao in the morning, in the evening I can die content."
子曰:「朝闻道,夕死可矣」
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Confucius said: "Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'toosmiley' face is seldom considered a humane person."
3子曰:「巧言令色,鲜矣仁」
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Confucius said, "When young, beware of fighting;
孔子曰:“少,戒之在斗;
18.
Confucius said,"Since the age of 15, I have devoted myself to learning;
子曰:“吾十有五而志于学,