Confucius (551BC-479BC) was a great Chinese thinker, educator, politician and the founder of Confucianism during the Spring and Autumn period. He was probably the most learned man of his day.
Confucius’s teaching and philosophy formed the basis of East Asian culture and society, and remain influential across China and the world. His proverbs has the power of influencing people’s lives. Today Confucius’s temple, cemetery (墓), and family mansion (宅邸) are UNESCO World Heritage Sites (联合国教科文组织世界遗产).
The following Confucian quotes may guide your future college life.
Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?
If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.
He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.
When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.