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The Analects – Chapter 149 (7.1). Creation through transmission: Confucius on cultural continuity
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Analects 7.1 The Master said, “I have transmitted what was taught to me without making up anything of my own. I have been faithful to and loved the Ancients. In these respects, I make bold to think, not even our old Peng can have excelled me.”
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The Analects – Chapter 148 (6.30). Benevolence vs Sagehood
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6.30 Zigong said, “If a ruler not only conferred wide benefits upon the common people, but also compassed the salvation of the whole State, what would you say of him? Surely, you would call him benevolent?”
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The Analects – Chapter 147 (6.29). Confucius on the Golden Mean
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6.29The Master said, “How transcendent is the moral power of the Middle Use! That it is but rarely found among the common people is a fact long admitted.”
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The Analects – Chapter 146 (6.28). Confucius’ controversial audience with Nanzi
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6.28When the Master went to see Nanzi, Zilu was not pleased. Whereupon the Master made a solemn declaration concerning his visit, saying, “Whatsoever I have done amiss, may Heaven avert it, may Heaven avert it!”
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The Analects – Chapter 145 (6.27). The dual path of cultivation
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6.27The Master said, “A gentleman who is widely versed in letters and at the same time knows how to submit his learning to the restraints of ritual is not likely, I think, to go far wrong.”
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The Analects – Chapter 144 (6.26). Confucius on the integration of benevolence and wisdom
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6.26Zai Yu asked saying, “I take it a benevolent man, even if he were told that another benevolent man were at the bottom of a well, would go to join him?”