子罕言利，与命与仁。
The Master seldom spoke of profit, yet he believed in the decrees of Heaven and …
达巷党人曰：「大哉，孔子！博学而无所成名。」子闻之，谓门弟子曰「吾何执？执御乎？执射乎？吾执御矣。」
A man from the village of Daxiang said: "How great is the Master! His learning i…
子曰：「麻冕，礼也；今也纯，俭；吾从众。拜下，礼也；今拜乎上，泰也。虽违众，吾从下。」
The Master said: "A cap of hemp cloth is prescribed by ritual; but nowadays caps…
子绝四：毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。
The Master had rid himself of four faults: he did not indulge in groundless spec…
子畏于匡，曰：「文王既没，文不在兹乎？天之将丧斯文也，后死者不得与于斯文也：天之未丧斯文也，匡人其如予何！」
The Master was detained in Kuang. He said: "Since the death of King Wen, does no…
太宰问于子贡曰：「夫子圣者与？何其多能也？」子贡曰：「固天纵之将圣，又多能也。」子闻之，曰：「太宰知我乎！吾少也贱，故多…
The Grand Steward asked Zigong: "Is the Master a sage? How is it that he is so s…
牢曰：「子云，『吾不试，故艺』。」
Qin Lao said: "The Master once remarked, 'Because I was not employed by the stat…
子曰：「吾有知乎哉？无知也。有鄙夫问于我，空空如也，我叩其两端而竭焉。」
The Master said: "Do I possess knowledge? I possess no knowledge at all. When a …
子曰：「凤鸟不至，河不出图，吾已矣夫！」
The Master said: "The phoenix does not appear, the Yellow River yields no sacred…
子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者，见之，虽少必作；过之，必趋。
Whenever the Master encountered those in mourning dress, those wearing ceremonia…
颜渊喟然叹曰:「仰之弥高，钻之弥坚，瞻之在前，忽焉在后。夫子循循然善诱人，博我以文，约我以礼，欲罢不能。既竭吾才，如有所…
Yan Yuan sighed deeply and said: "The more I look up to my Master's learning and…
子疾病，子路使门人为臣。病间，曰：「久矣哉，由之行诈也！无臣而为有臣。吾谁欺？欺天乎？且予与其死于臣之手也，无宁死于二三…
The Master fell gravely ill, and Zilu appointed the disciples to act as stewards…
子贡曰：「有美玉于斯，韫椟而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？」子曰：「沽之哉！沽之哉！我待贾者也！」
Zigong said, "Suppose there is a beautiful piece of jade here — should one store…
子欲居九夷。或曰：「陋，如之何？」子曰：「君子居之，何陋之有？」
The Master wished to go and dwell among the nine Yi tribes. Someone said, "They …
子曰：「吾自卫反鲁，然后乐正，《雅》、《颂》各得其所。」
The Master said, "It was only after I returned to Lu from Wei that the music was…
子曰：「出则事公卿，入则事父兄，丧事不敢不勉，不为酒困，何有于我哉？」
The Master said, "In public life, to serve ministers and lords; in private life,…
子在川上曰：「逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。」
Standing by a river, the Master said, "Time flows on just like this stream — nev…
子曰：「吾未见好德如好色者也。」
The Master said, "I have yet to meet a man who loves virtue as ardently as he lo…
子曰：「譬如为山，未成一篑，止，吾止也。譬如平地，虽覆一篑，进，吾往也。」
The Master said, "It is like building a mountain: if I stop when only one basket…
子曰：「语之而不惰者，其回也与！」
The Master said, "The one who never grows weary when I speak to him — surely tha…
子谓颜渊，曰：「惜乎！吾见其进也，未见其止也。」
The Master, speaking of Yan Yuan, said, "What a loss! I saw him ever pressing fo…
子曰：「苗而不秀者有矣夫！秀而不实者有矣夫！」
The Master said: "There are those who sprout but never flower, are there not! An…
子曰：「后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？四十、五十而无闻焉，斯亦不足畏也已。」
The Master said: "The young are to be held in awe — how can one be sure that tho…
子曰：「法语之言，能无从乎？改之为贵。巽与之言，能无说乎？绎之为贵。说而不绎，从而不改，吾末如之何也已矣。」
The Master said: "When words of upright remonstrance are offered, can one help b…
子曰：「主忠信，毋友不如己者，过则勿惮改。」
The Master said: "Hold loyalty and faithfulness as your foremost principles; do …
子曰：「三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。」
The Master said: "The commander of a great army may be taken from it by force, b…
子曰：「衣敝缊袍，与衣狐貉者立，而不耻者，其由也与？『不忮不求，何用不臧？』」子路终身诵之。子曰：「是道也，何足以臧？」
The Master said: "To stand alongside those clad in fox and badger furs, wearing …
子曰：「岁寒，然后知松柏之后凋也。」
The Master said: "Only when the cold of winter comes do we know that the pine an…
子曰：「知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。」
The Master said: "The wise are free from doubt; the humane are free from anxiety…
子曰：「可与共学，未可与适道；可与适道，未可与立；可与立，未可与权。」
The Master said: "One who can study alongside you may not be able to walk the sa…
「唐棣之华，偏其反而。岂不尔思？室是远而。」子曰：「未之思也，夫何远之有？」
A poem reads: "The blossoms of the wild cherry sway and flutter in the breeze. H…