ACITIVITY 1: Appreciate Me!

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The Analects of Confucius

Tr. By Herbert A. Giles

The Master said –

A plausible tongue and a fascinating expression are seldom associated with true virtue.

Let loyalty and truth be paramount with you. If you have faults, shrink not from correcting them.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Thought without learning is intellectual death.

In mourning, it is better to be sincere than to be punctilious.

The faults of men are characteristics of themselves. By observing a man’s faults you may infer what his
virtues are.

The commander-in-chief of an army can be carried captive, but the convictions of even the meanest
man cannot be taken from him.

A youth should be filial at home, respectful abroad.

He should be earnest and truthful.

He should overflow in love to all, but cultivate the friendship of the good. Then, whatsoever of energy
may be left to him, he should devote to the improvement of his mind.

(A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said: ) LOVE ONE ANOTHER!

(Having been further asked for a definition of knowledge, the Master said: ) KNOW ONE ANOTHER!

(Someone asked Confucius, “Master, what think you concerning the principle that good should be
returned for evil?” The Master replied: ) What then will you return for good? No, RETURN GOOD FOR
GOOD; FOR EVIL, JUSTICE.

(A disciple having asked for a rule of life in a word, the Master said: Is not Reciprocity that word?)
WHAT YOU WOULD NOT OTHERS DO UNTO YOU, DO NOT DO UNTO THEM.