季氏将伐颛臾。冉有、季路见于孔子，曰：「季氏将有事于颛臾。」孔子曰：「求！无乃尔是过与？夫颛臾，昔者先王以为东蒙主，且在…
The head of the Ji clan was about to launch a military campaign against Zhuanyu.…
孔子曰：「天下有道，则礼乐征伐自天子出：天下无道，则礼乐征伐自诸侯出。自诸侯出，盖十世希不失矣：自大夫出，五世希不失矣：…
Confucius said: "When the Way prevails under Heaven, rites, music, and military …
孔子曰：「禄之去公室五世矣，政逮于大夫四世矣，故夫三桓之子孙微矣。」
The Master said: "State power has departed from the ducal house of Lu for five g…
孔子曰：「益者三友，损者三友。友直，友谅，友多闻，益矣。友便辟，友善柔，友便佞，损矣。」
The Master said: "There are three kinds of friends who are beneficial, and three…
孔子曰：「益者三乐，损者三乐。乐节礼乐，乐道人之善，乐多贤友，益矣。乐骄乐，乐佚游，乐宴乐，损矣。」
The Master said: "There are three kinds of enjoyment that are beneficial, and th…
孔子曰：「侍于君子有三愆：言未及之而言谓之躁，言及之而不言谓之隐，未见颜色而言谓之瞽。」
The Master said: "There are three faults one is liable to commit when attending …
孔子曰：「君子有三戒：少之时，血气未定，戒之在色；及其壮也，血气方刚，戒之在斗；及其老也，血气既衰，戒之在得。」
The Master said: "A gentleman guards against three things: in youth, when the vi…
孔子曰：「君子有三畏：畏天命，畏大人，畏圣人之言。小人不知天命而不畏也，狎大人，侮圣人之言。」
The Master said: "The gentleman stands in awe of three things: he stands in awe …
孔子曰：「生而知之者，上也；学而知之者，次也：困而学之，又其次也；困而不学，民斯为下矣。」
The Master said: "Those who are born with knowledge are the highest. Those who g…
孔子曰：「君子有九思：视思明，听思聪，色思温，貌思恭，言思忠，事思敬，疑思问，忿思难，见得思义。」
The Master said: "The gentleman keeps nine things in mind: when looking, he thin…
孔子曰：「见善如不及，见不善如探汤。吾见其人矣，吾闻其语矣。隐居以求其志，行义以达其道。吾闻其语矣，未见其人也。」
The Master said: "To see what is good and pursue it as if unable to keep pace; t…
齐景公有马千驷，死之日，民无德而称焉。伯夷、叔齐饿于首阳之下，民到于今称之。其斯之谓与？
Duke Jing of Qi possessed four thousand horses, yet on the day he died, the peop…
陈亢问于伯鱼曰：「子亦有异闻乎？」对曰：「未也。尝独立，鲤趋而过庭。曰：『学诗乎？』对曰：『未也。』『不学诗，无以言。』…
Chen Kang asked Boyu: "Have you received any instruction different from what the…
邦君之妻，君称之曰夫人，夫人自称曰小童；邦人称之曰君夫人，称诸异邦曰寡小君；异邦人称之亦曰君夫人。
The wife of a feudal lord is addressed by her lord as "my lady"; she refers to h…