颜渊问仁，子曰：「克己复礼为仁。一日克己复礼，天下归仁焉。为仁由己，而由人乎哉？」颜渊曰：「请问其目。」子曰：「非礼勿视…
Yan Yuan asked about benevolence. The Master said, "To master oneself and return…
仲弓问仁，子曰：「出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭。己所不欲，勿施于人。在邦无怨，在家无怨。」仲弓曰：「雍虽不敏，请事斯语矣。…
Zhonggong asked about benevolence. The Master said, "When you go out, receive ev…
司马牛问仁，子曰：「仁者，其言也讱。」曰：「其言也讱，斯谓之仁已乎？」子曰：「为之难，言之得无讱乎？」
Sima Niu asked about benevolence. The Master said, "A person of benevolence is h…
司马牛问君子，子曰：「君子不忧不惧。」曰：「不忧不惧，斯谓之君子已乎？」子曰：「内省不疚，夫何忧何惧？」
Sima Niu asked about the gentleman. The Master said, "A gentleman is free from a…
司马牛忧曰：「人皆有兄弟，我独亡。」子夏曰：「商闻之矣：『死生有命，富贵在天。』君子敬而无失，与人恭而有礼，四海之内皆兄…
Sima Niu said sorrowfully, "All men have brothers; I alone have none." Zixia sai…
子张问明。子曰：「浸润之谮，肤受之愬，不行焉，可谓明也已矣。浸润之谮，肤受之愬，不行焉，可谓远也已矣。」
Zizhang asked about clear-sightedness. The Master said, "When slander that seeps…
子贡问政。子曰：「足食，足兵，民信之矣。」子贡曰：「必不得已而去，于斯三者何先？」曰：「去兵。」子贡曰：「必不得已而去，…
Zigong asked about government. The Master said, "Sufficient food, sufficient arm…
棘子成曰「君子质而已矣，何以文为？」子贡曰：「惜乎，夫子之说君子也！驷不及舌。文犹质也，质犹文也。虎豹之鞟犹犬羊之鞟。」
Ji Zicheng said: "For a gentleman, good character is all that matters — what nee…
哀公问于有若曰：「年饥，用不足，如之何？」有若对曰：「盍彻乎？」曰：「二，吾犹不足，如之何其彻也？」对曰：「百姓足，君孰…
Duke Ai asked You Ruo: "The harvest has been poor and the state's revenues are i…
子张问崇德、辨惑。子曰：「主忠信，徙义，崇德也。爱之欲其生，恶之欲其死。既欲其生，又欲其死，是惑也。『诚不以富，亦祗以异…
Zizhang asked the Master about cultivating virtue and resolving confusion. The M…
齐景公问政于孔子，孔子对曰：「君君，臣臣，父父，子子。」公曰：「善哉！信如君不君，臣不臣，父不父，子不子，虽有粟，吾得而…
Duke Jing of Qi asked the Master about governance. The Master replied: "Let the …
子曰：「片言可以折狱者，其由也与？」子路无宿诺。
The Master said: "The one who could decide a case on hearing only one side of it…
子曰：「听讼，吾犹人也。必也使无讼乎！」
The Master said: "In hearing litigation, I am no different from others. What is …
子张问政，子曰：「居之无倦，行之以忠。」
Zizhang asked about governance. The Master said: "Attend to it without weariness…
子曰：「君子博学于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫！」
The Master said: "One who learns widely from culture and restrains himself with …
子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。」
The Master said: "The exemplary person helps others to achieve what is good, and…
季康子问政于孔子，孔子对曰：「政者，正也。子帅以正，孰敢不正？」
Ji Kangzi asked Confucius about governance. The Master replied: "Governance mean…
季康子患盗，问于孔子。孔子对曰：「苟子之不欲，虽赏之不窃。」
Ji Kangzi was troubled by the prevalence of theft and consulted the Master about…
季康子问政于孔子，曰：「如杀无道，以就有道，何如？」孔子对曰：「子为政，焉用杀？子欲善而民善矣。君子之德风，小人之德草。…
Ji Kangzi asked the Master about government, saying, "What if I were to kill tho…
子张问：「士何如斯可谓之达矣？」子曰：「何哉，尔所谓达者？」子张对曰：「在邦必闻，在家必闻。」子曰：「是闻也，非达也。夫…
Zizhang asked, "What must a man of service be like before he can be said to have…
樊迟从游于舞雩之下，曰：「敢问崇德、修慝、辨惑。」子曰：「善哉问！先事后得，非崇德与？攻其恶，无攻人之恶，非修慝与？一朝…
Fanchi was accompanying the Master on a walk below the Rain Altar when he said, …
樊迟问仁，子曰：「爱人。」问知，子曰：「知人。」樊迟未达，子曰：「举直错诸枉，能使枉者直。」樊迟退，见子夏，曰：「乡也，…
Fanchi asked about benevolence. The Master said, "Love others." He asked about w…
子贡问友。子曰：「忠告而善道之，不可则止，毋自辱焉。」
Zigong asked about friendship. The Master said: "Advise your friend loyally and …
曾子曰：「君子以文会友，以友辅仁。」
Zengzi said: "The exemplary person brings friends together through learning and …