(n)Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC), Syn.Kong the Master, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu
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[孙子 / 孫子, Sūn zǐ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˇ]Sun Wu 孫武|孙武, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法#7510[Add to Longdo]
[孟子, Mèng zǐ, ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ]Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism#20058[Add to Longdo]
[孙武 / 孫武, Sūn Wǔ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˇ]Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法; also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙武#41784[Add to Longdo]
[诸子 / 諸子, zhū zǐ, ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ]various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others#45252[Add to Longdo]
[四书 / 四書, sì shū, ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ]Four Books - namely the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子#62065[Add to Longdo]
[哀莫大于心死 / 哀莫大於心死, āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ, ㄞ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˇ]nothing sadder than a withered heart; (saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); other possible translations: no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; The worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart.; Nothing is more wretched than#78670[Add to Longdo]
[书经 / 書經, shū jīng, ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧㄥ]Book of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius; also called 尚書經|尚书经 or 尚書|尚书 or 書|书#80471[Add to Longdo]
[孔丛子 / 孔叢子, Kǒng cóng zǐ, ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ]Kong family Master's anthology, collection of fictional debates between Confucius, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃#271400[Add to Longdo]
[三人行,则必有我师 / 三人行,則必有我師, sān rén xíng, zé bì yǒu wǒ shī, ㄙㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄕ]If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[周游列国 / 周遊列國, zhōu yóu liè guó, ㄓㄡ ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ]to travel around many countries (成语 saw); peregrinations; refers to the travels of Confucius[Add to Longdo]
[好学近乎知,力行近乎仁,知耻近乎勇 / 好學近乎知,力行近乎仁,知恥近乎勇, hào xué jìn hu zhī, lì xíng jìn hu rén, zhī chǐ jìn hu yǒng, ㄏㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ˙ ㄓ, ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ˙ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄓ ㄔˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ˙ ㄩㄥˇ]to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[孔子家语 / 孔子家語, Kǒng zi jiā yǔ, ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗ˙ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄩˇ]book of sayings of Confucius and his disciples, probably by third century forger Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Add to Longdo]
[孙武子 / 孫武子, Sūn Wǔ zǐ, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˇ ㄗˇ]Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法; also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙武[Add to Longdo]
[学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆 / 學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆, xué ér bù sī zé wǎng, sī ér bù xué zé dài, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙ ㄗㄜˊ ㄨㄤˇ, ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄞˋ]To learn without thinking is blindness; to think without learning is idleness (Confucius).; Learning without reasoning leads to confusion; thinking without learning is wasted effort.[Add to Longdo]
[尚书经 / 尚書經, shàng shū jīng, ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧㄥ]Book of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius[Add to Longdo]
[爱莫大于心死 / 愛莫大於心死, ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ, ㄞˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˇ]nothing more sad than a withered heart; no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices; (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)[Add to Longdo]
[诸子十家 / 諸子十家, zhū zǐ shí jiā, ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄚ]various sages and ten schools of thought; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子[Add to Longdo]
[ね, ne](n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)#443[Add to Longdo]
[あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという, ayamachitearatamezarukorewoayamachitoiu](exp, v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[かくりん, kakurin](n) (1) (arch) the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings); (2) one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ, onoretassentohosshitehitowotasseshimu](exp) (arch) If you wish to succeed, first help others to succeed (from Analects of Confucius)[Add to Longdo]