Explore all 44 Analects wisdom cards from Confucius, covering learning, virtue, leadership, friendship, and the noble person (君子).
📖 Analects Complete Guide学而时习之 — Confucius opens the Analects with joy: to learn and to practice what you have learned…
Review the old and understand the new — then you can be a teacher…
Learning without thinking leads to confusion…
To know what you know, and to know what you do not know — that is knowledge…
The one who knows it is not equal to the one who loves it…
When three people walk together, there is always one who can be my teacher…
Every day I examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I been fully committed? In friendship, have I b…
When you see a worthy person, think of becoming equal to them…
The noble person is open-hearted and at ease…
What passes is like this — never stopping, day or night…
Be strict with yourself and gentle in blaming others — then you will keep resentment far away…
The noble person seeks it within themselves…
Virtue is never alone…
If you wish to stand firm, help others stand firm…
己所不欲，勿施于人 — the Confucian golden rule…
When it comes to humaneness, do not yield even to your teacher…
The old — give them peace…
The noble person understands things in terms of rightness…
Wealth and rank gained without rightness — to me they are like floating clouds…
The noble person is ashamed when their words exceed their actions…
To make a mistake and not correct it — that is the real mistake…
To hear something on the road and repeat it on the road — this is the abandonment of virtue…
The noble person's mistakes are like eclipses of the sun and moon…
If the ruler is upright, things get done without orders…
If you desire speed, you will not arrive…
If a craftsman wishes to do good work, they must first sharpen their tools…
A person without distant foresight will certainly have nearby worries…
The noble person helps others complete what is good in them…
Three kinds of friends are helpful…
The noble person harmonizes without being the same…
I do not blame heaven…
By nature, people are close to one another…
If the noble person lacks gravity, they will have no authority…
The scholar cannot but be broad-minded and resolute, for the burden is heavy and the road is long…
The noble person guards against three things…
To eat one's fill all day and apply the mind to nothing — this is difficult indeed…
Without knowing destiny, one cannot be a noble person…
It is people who can broaden the Way…
Only when the year grows cold do we know that the pine and cypress are the last to wither…
The wise are not confused…
朝闻道，夕死可矣 — 'If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die in the evening…
I do not enlighten those who are not struggling…
Learn broadly, hold firmly to your purpose, ask earnestly, reflect on what is near at hand…
The noble person does not promote someone on the basis of their words alone, nor discard words because of the person…