孔子
Confucius
Confucianism · personConfucius is associated with a practical ethics of ren (仁, humane conduct), li (礼, appropriate form), yi (义, rightness), shu (恕, reciprocity), learning, and the cultivation of the junzi (君子). The Analects preserves sayings and dialogues associated with him alongside other voices; it is a received compilation, not simply a book he personally authored.
What Are the Key Facts About Confucius?
- Tradition: Confucianism
- Chinese: 孔子
- Category: Person
- Definition: Confucius is associated with a practical ethics of ren (仁, humane conduct), li (礼, appropriate form), yi (义, rightness), shu (恕, reciprocity), learning, and the cultivation of the junzi (君子).
What Cards Are Related to Confucius?
The Golden Rule
What you do not wish, do not do to others
Virtue Is Never Alone
Goodness draws neighbors
The Morning Way
To hear the Way in the morning and die in the evening
To Learn and to Practice
Is this not a pleasure?
Review the Old to Know the New
Then you can teach
To Know What You Know
And to know what you do not
Three People Walking
One of them is your teacher
Three Questions Every Day
Zengzi's daily self-examination
See the Worthy, Look Within
Two mirrors, one practice
The River Flows
Time passes like this, never ceasing
Demand More of Yourself
Blame others less, and resentment fades
Establish Others First
The positive golden rule
Do Not Yield
When rightness is at stake, even to your teacher
Care for All
The old at peace, friends trusted, the young cherished
The Measure Is Rightness
Not profit
Unjust Wealth
Like floating clouds
Words and Deeds
The noble person is ashamed when words outrun actions
The Real Mistake
An error uncorrected
Hearsay
Repeating what you heard on the road
Like an Eclipse
Everyone sees the noble person's mistake
Haste Makes Waste
Small gains block great achievements
Sharpen Your Tools
Preparation is not procrastination
Foresight
Without it, trouble is near
Help Others Succeed
The noble person completes what is good in others
Three Kinds of Friends
The helpful and the harmful
Blame No One
Not heaven, not others, just the long study upward
Nature and Habit
Born close. Grown apart.
Three Cautions
What to guard against at each stage of life
The Idle Belly
A full stomach and an empty mind
Broaden the Way
It is people who enlarge the Way, not the Way that enlarges people
The Winter Pine
Only when the year grows cold do we see it
Three Virtues
Wisdom, compassion, courage
The Struggle Before the Light
Do not teach until they are ready
Broad Learning, Firm Purpose
Ask closely. Reflect near at hand.
Words and People
Do not judge a person by their words, nor discard words because of the person
What Concepts Are Related to Confucius?
Ren 仁Guides That Go Deeper on Confucius
Analects Complete GuideWhat Other Guides Cover Confucianism?
Frequently Asked Questions About Confucius
Who was Confucius?
Confucius (551–479 BCE), known in Chinese as Kongzi, was a Chinese teacher and philosopher whose sayings were preserved in the Analects. He taught self-cultivation, ritual propriety (li), and humane conduct (ren) as the basis of a stable society.
What is Confucius best known for?
He is best known for founding the Ru (Confucian) tradition and for ideas such as ren (humaneness), li (ritual/propriety), and the cultivation of the junzi ('exemplary person'). His influence shaped East Asian ethics and statecraft for two millennia.
Did Confucius write the Analects?
No. The Analects is a collection of sayings and dialogues attributed to Confucius and his disciples, compiled after his death rather than authored by him directly.
What is the Confucian 'golden rule'?
Confucius expressed a negative form of the golden rule in the Analects: 'Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself' (shu, linked to the passage in Analects 15.24).