A Youth Is To Be Regarded With

The Superior Man Has Nothing To Compete For. But If He Must Compete, He Does It In An Archery Match, Wherein He Ascends To His Position, Bowing In Deference. Descending, He Drinks The Ritual Cup.

Every Piece Of Marble Has A Statue In It Waiting To Be Released By A Person Of Sufficient Skill To Chip Away The Unnecessary Parts. Just As The Sculptor Is To The Marble, So Is Education To The Soul. It Releases It. For Only Educated People Are Free People. You Cannot Create A Statue By Smashing The Marble With A Hammer, And You Cannot By The Force Of Arms Release The Spirit Or The Soul Of People.

At 15 I Set My Heart On Learning; At 30 I Firmly Took My Stand; At 40 I Had No Delusions; At 50 I Knew The Mandate Of Heaven; At 60 My Ear Was Attuned; At 70 I Followed My Heart's Desire Without Overstepping The Boundaries Of Right.

If One Is Guided By Profit In One's Actions, One Will Incur Much Ill Will.

In Dealing With The Dead, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Dead, That Would Show A Want Of Affection And Should Not Be Done; Or, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Alive, That Would Show A Want Of Wisdom And Should Not Be Done.