Vernacular translation: Isn't it pleasant to review what you have learned often? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? I am not angry when others don't understand me or understand me. I'm not worried about getting along with unwise people.
2. A gentleman is hungry, quiet, sensitive to things and cautious in speaking, which can be said to be studious.
Vernacular translation: A gentleman does not want to eat enough, live comfortably, be diligent and agile in his work, but be careful in his words. He can be said to be eager to learn and find the right person to correct himself.
3. Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is also.
Vernacular translation: knowing means knowing, and not knowing means not knowing. This is true wisdom.
Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous.
Vernacular translation: if you just study and don't think about the problem actively, you will be confused and get nothing; If you only dream without learning and accumulating knowledge, you will get into trouble and get nothing.
5. Review the past and learn the new, and you can be a teacher.
Vernacular translation: Review old knowledge to gain new understanding and experience, with which you can become a teacher.
6. If you listen, you will die in the evening.
Vernacular translation: After hearing the sage's way, we should persist, persist, practice, undertake and never look back, so as to achieve a satisfactory world.
7. Forget to eat hard, forget to worry, and don't know that old age is coming.
I worked so hard that I forgot to eat. I was so happy that I forgot all my troubles and didn't even know I was old. That's all.
8. In ancient times, scholars were themselves (so-called learning for themselves), but today's scholars are people.
Vernacular translation: Ancient people read to improve themselves, but now people read to show others.
There are many such sentences in The Analects of Confucius. These sentences are from The Analects of Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period.