《论语》《宪问》

子曰："有德者必有言，有言者不必有德。仁者必有勇，勇者不必有仁。"

孔子说："有道德的人一定有名言，但有名言的人不一定有道德。仁人一定勇敢，但勇敢的人不一定仁。"

Confucius said, 'The virtuous will be sure to speak correctly, but those whose speech is good may not always be virtuous. Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.'

杰狐说。
有言有勇（外在的）还是不够，必须还多加修炼内在，才能成为君子。

Jeff said.
Good speech and bold (relating to outward, imposed) are not enough, must improve/practice those related to inner spirit to become the virtuous.

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《论语》《子张》

子夏曰："博学而笃志，切问而近思，仁在其中矣。"

子夏说："广泛地学习，坚守自己的志趣；恳切地发问，多考虑当前的问题，仁德就在这中间了。"

Zi Xia said, "Learning widely and stand firm on own ambitious; question sincerely and consider more on current issue, REN (Virtuous) is inside these."


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《论语》《子路》

子贡问曰："乡人皆好之，何如？" 子曰："未可也。" "乡人皆恶之，何如？" 子曰："未可也；不如乡人之善者好之，其不善者恶之。"

子贡问："全乡的人都喜欢他，这个人怎么样？" 孔子说："还不行。"
子贡又问："全乡的人都厌恶他，这个人怎么样？" 孔子说："还不行。最好是全乡的好人都喜欢他，全乡的坏人都厌恶他。"

Zi Gong ask, "Whole village likes him. How is this person?" Confucius answer, "not (good) enough."
Zi Gong ask again, "Whole village hates him. How is this person?" Confucius answer, "not (good) enough. The best is whole village of good man likes him and whole village of bad man hates him."

杰狐说。
看到孔子第一句话觉得奇怪，看到第二句"未可也"更奇怪，好像怎样做都不对。盲点就是我们忘了人有善与恶之别。

Jeff said.
Seeing the first answer feel strange, Seeing the second "not enough" is even weird, it seems whatever we do is not good enough. The clue is we forget there is different of good and bad people.

通常我们都是想做一个好好先生，然后对坏人避开远远。其实孔子是不赞同做一个好好先生的。我们不可能对坏人好，让他们喜欢我们，这就是助纣为孽。对坏人坏事不闻不问，也其实是站在坏人那边。罪恶也是需要打击的。

Normally we all want to be the good guy and just live far from bad guy. Actually Confucius doesn't agree we become a yes man (or a man treat everyone good). We can't be nice for bad guy and make them like us, this is insane. We stay silence for bad guy and bad thing means we also stand on the bad side. Therefore, we need to stand out to against bad guy and bad things.


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《论语》《学而》

子曰："不患人之不知己，患不知人也。"

孔子说，"别人不了解我，我不急；我急的是自己不了解别人。"

Confucius said, "I do not worry others not understand me. I worry I am the one who not understand others."

杰狐说。
多少时候，我们一站出来就拼命地发表自己的高论？多少时候，我们很着急别人不知我们的想法？我们的心底生怕别人不给我们时间，生怕时间不给我们机会，生怕机会稍失，我们就失去了生命。可是我们成功了吗？以至于我们的世界有更和平吗？
别急，慢一点，多听一点，多观察一点。深刻的了解别人，自然就会知道怎样更好。别去误解别人，这样推广出去，世界也就更和平。到时候就算没人了解自己，也不是没关系吗？

Jeff said.
How often we express our thought aggressive? How often we so worry others don't know our thought? We afraid others not giving us time, afraid time not giving us chance, afraid we lose our life when we lose the chance. But do we success in our life? More, do this world become peaceful when everyone only wants to express their thought?
Don't rush, slow please. Listen more, observe more to know others deeply, then you will find out which is better for everyone. Don't misunderstand others, if everyone does like this then the world will be peace. So does it really matter when others don't understand me?

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《论语》《子路》

子曰："君子易事而难说也。说之不以道，不说也；及其使人也，器之。小人难事而易说也。说之虽不以道，说也；及其使人也，求备焉。"

孔子说："跟君子工作很容易，讨他欢喜却很难。不用正当的方式去讨他欢喜，他不会喜欢的；等到君子用人时，会衡量个人能力来分配工作。跟小人工作很难，讨他欢喜却容易。用不正当的方式去讨他欢喜，他会喜欢的；等到他用人时，便会挑剔责备。"

Confucius, "It is easy to work with JUN ZI but hard to please him. JUN ZI won't like it if you please him without proper justification. JUN ZI delegate the tasks will judge the capability of individual before assign the tasks. It is hard to work with snob but easy to please him. He will like you even you please him with immoral way. When snob wants to use people, he will just simply choosy and blame."

杰狐说。
常听人说，要去讨好上司来让自己工作容易些。这话听起来好像有理，却只对了一半也错了一半。
如果你的上司是君子，你不能用拍马屁去讨好他，这是在侮辱了他的人格。你必须用能力去好好工作来讨好他。不用纠结在复杂人事里，公事公办，而且分配工作得宜，所以孔子才说"君子易事"。
若上司是小人，你可以很容易的去讨好他。可是你的工作并不会变得简单，因为他不会分配工作。有问题时，就会责怪你来保全自己，所以孔子说"小人难事"。

Jeff said.
I heard "please your boss to get your job easier". It seems right but I think it is half right half wrong.
If your boss is virtuous man (JUN ZI), you can't lick his boots, this is insulting him. You should perform your job well to please him. Therefore, you no need to suffer in all these complicated boot-licking game. Your boss will also know how to assign the proper job to you. So Confucius said "it is easy to work with JUN ZI".
If your boss is snob, licking his boots will definitely make him happy. However, this won't make your job easier, just simply because of his lousy delegation skills. When problem arise, he will blame you to protect himself. So Confucius said "it is hard to work with snob".

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《论语》《宪问》

子曰："古之学者为己，今之学者为人。"

孔子说："古代学者的目的在修养自己的学问道德，现代学者的目的却在装饰自己，给别人看。"

Confucius said, "Ancient scholar seek for improving own moral and knowledge. Modern scholar beautify/decorate himself for showing other people."

杰狐说。
为己、和现在自私之意甚远。是为了让自己不断进步和向善。
为人、也不是为了引导别人之意。而是一种悻悻做态的伪善学者。
孔子的一生很重视学。学才是让自己迈向道的车轮。

Jeff said.
Learning is for improving the moral and knowledge continuously, not for pretend to be virtuous and knowledgeable.
Confucius is very serious about "Learning" for his whole life. Learning is the wheel to bring you to Tao.

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《論語》《里仁》

子曰："朝聞道，夕死可矣。"

孔子說："早上得知真理，晚上立刻死去也可以。"

Confucius, "Heard the truth in morning, willing to die immediately in the evening."

傑狐說。
以前聽到這句話的反應只是"喔。"而已。是什麼樣的真理可以令人寧願死去也可以？或者說，寧願為真理而犧牲性命。當大家都在酒醉金迷時，又有誰會去在乎什麼真理呢？
這個境界（對真理的追求），我做不到。

Jeff said.
My response when I first listen this is just "oh". What truth is that even people can sacrifice their life? Or willing to offer his life for the truth. When most people fall into the sin, who will actually care about truth?
I still can't make it to this level right now.

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《論語》《學而》

曾子曰："吾日三省吾身－為人謀而不忠乎？與朋友交而不信乎？傳不習乎？"

曾子（孔子學生，曾參）說："我每天多次自我反省－替人辦事是否盡心盡力呢？同朋友來往是否誠實呢？老師傳授的是否復習了呢？"

Zen Zi (Confucius student) said, "Everyday I search my heart many times - Am I doing my best (Zhong) when working for others? Am I honest (Xin) to my friends? Do I always review whatever learnt from teacher?"

傑狐說。
現在人說的"忠"比較狹義，主要是指效忠。忠孝仁義，"忠"以前是指有沒有把做的事放在心里（心和中），就是盡心盡力。然忠不能不講禮、不講義，去做不合法理的事不能謂之忠。要不然淪落成愚忠，我想不是孔子想看見的。職場的環境很複雜，應該怎樣呢？如果上司的要求合理，盡心盡力是應該的。如果不合理，那就應該去推辭。

現在人說"交友"，是什麼豬朋狗友都算。"友"在以前是指很親密的益友，並沒包括損友。所以對這樣的朋友還能不講信嗎？以前我身邊會有損友，也曾經掙扎為何朋友間會出賣、不講信用。也就因為不懂什麼才是真正的朋友，所以才會吃苦。盡心盡力和誠實忠信是對真正朋友而已。

學，也是很重要。論語第一句就是"學而時習之，不亦說乎"，在這裡的意思是一樣的。一個學問並不是聽一次就算會了，而是需要經過不斷溫習和思考來融會貫通的。踏踏實實雖然慢，卻是越走越亮。

最後就是，你今天反省了嗎？是虛度了？還是有意義的？

Jeff said.
Zhong means do you really put the things in you heart? And do the best. However, try your best to do bad and unreasonable things is not Zhong. Modern working environment is pretty complicated. My thought is if the job assigned by superior is reasonable and moral then you should do the best. Otherwise, you should reject it.

Friends, what type of people is your friends? In the era of Confucius, a true friends is those very close to you and virtuous, bad friends doesn't count. Therefore, honest and trust deserve for friends in this manner. In the past, I suffered for betraying and dishonest among friends because I don't know what the true meaning of friends. Today I won't confuse as I know what good friends deserve and what bad friends not.

Learning is also important. It never takes you one time to learn anything. It needs time to repeat, review, revise before you truly understand and embedded in your heart. Although it is slow process, you will be the most shining person in the end.

Lastly, you search your soul today? You wasted a day? Or your day is meaningful?

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«論語》《學而》

子曰："巧言令色，鮮矣仁！"

孔子說："花言巧語，偽善面貌的人，仁德也不會多。"

Confucius said,"Person who has lot of sweet and boost talking, pretend to have virtues belief to please people , he won't have much Ren too."

傑狐曰。
孔子說仁，仁到底是什麼？一個人是不會產生仁的觀念的。二人以上才能產生仁，所謂仁者愛人，也有仁慈仁愛之意，也是人與人相處的一種道理。一個聰明的人未必懂如何愛人，一個懂愛的人也未必聰明。可是一個巧言令色的人，為何就很少仁德呢？當今有很多巧言令色的人，你和我也或多或少會這樣，可是我們也是愛人啊！道理何在？
當你真正懂得對一個人仁慈喜愛，你應該待之以誠，也應該示以真面目。如果你還是巧言令色的話就顯得別有居心，或者好像要掩蓋什麼不好的東西，所以仁也就不存在了。下次當你享受別人虛偽奉承時，請小心謹慎。他會在你落難時，一腳把你踢開！

Jeff said.
Confucius said Ren, what actually the meaning? Ren will never be thought when you are alone, it will only come when more than 2 persons existed. Ren is similar to love, also means kindness, it is a concept of how to handle the relationship among people. A smart guy doesn't mean he know how to love, a person who know how to love not necessary be smart. But why a hypocrite won't have much Ren with him? There are too many hypocrite in this world, sometimes we also pretend to be nice and talking sweet, but we still know how to love! What the reason behind?
When you really know the true way of loving, you will treat them sincerely and showing your true face. If you still want to pretend, it shows that you have other objectives or hide your bad things, therefore Ren is gone away.
Next time when you enjoying the sweet talk and pleasing, please be caution. He will kick you down when you having trouble!
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《論語》《學而》

有子曰："其為人也孝弟，而好犯上者，鮮矣；不好犯上者，而好作亂者，未之有也。君子務本，本立而道生。孝弟也者，其為仁之本與！"

孔子的學生、有子說："一個為人孝悌的人，卻喜歡冒犯長輩的，是很少的；不喜歡冒犯長輩的，卻喜歡造反的，從來沒有過。君子專注於根本的工作，根本確立了，道自然就產生。孝悌就是仁的根本！"

The student You Zi said, "A person who is filial to parent and respect brother, but like to offend elders, this is rarely heard; Dislike to offend elders but like to rebel, never have this kind of people. Jun Zi (virtuous man) focus on building the foundation, once the base is built, Tao will come naturally. Filial is the foundation of Ren (humaneness and kindness).

現在冒犯長輩的人，太多。在外冒犯長輩卻只對自己父母兄弟的孝悌，也大有人在。有些人不懂收斂，有理大過天，猶不知生活的歷練沒有時間的考驗和沉澱，是不堪一擊的。把高傲放下，多一點仁慈，愛護和敬重身邊的人，這就是仁道了。

Too many people like to offend elders now. Filial and respect to own parent and brothers, but offend elders, also countless. Some people don't know how to converge, think their reason is unbeatable, they never know that a truth of life without the test of time never goes along life. Put down your ego, be more sense and kindness, love and respect surround, this is Ren.

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《論語》《子罕》

博我以文，約我以禮。

這是顏淵說孔子的："（他）用學問讓我的智慧更廣博，用禮儀來讓我節制。"

Confucius student Yan Hui being taught, "Use wide range of knowledge to make me more wise, and use LI to restrain myself."
LI have the meaning of restrain oneself and temperance, not extreme but reasonable.

擁有廣博的智慧，為什麼又需要用禮儀來節制呢？人往往會因為掌握了豐富的學識而變得傲慢，所以禮在這裡就是讓人變得更謙遜。這是一種人格的培養。
Oneself with knowledge then why need to be restrained? Most of time human become ego, this is where LI comes from to avoid this. Thus our personality improved.

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論語。雍也。

子曰："賢哉，回也！一簞食，一瓢飲，在陋巷，人不堪其憂，回也不改其樂。賢哉，回也。"

孔子說："顏回真是賢德！一碗飯，一杯水，住在簡陋的巷子，是人都會很憂慮，顏回也不改他自有的快樂。顏回真是賢德。"

Confucius told, "Yan Hui (name of student) is really virtuous! One bowl of rice, one cup of water, stay in a awful place, normal people will be very worry but Hui never change his enjoyment. Hui is very virtuous."

身處不好的環境，不怨天尤人，還能勤奮好學，樂在其中。這不就是君子嗎？

Living in bad environment, never blame the god and human, and still learn and enjoy within. Doesn't this a virtuous person?
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論語。季氏篇

孔子曰："益者三友，損者三友。友直，友諒，友多聞，益矣。友便辟，友善柔，友便佞，損矣。"

孔子說："益友有三种，損友有三种。同正直的人，信實的人，見聞廣博的人交友，便有益了。同諂媚奉承的人，當面恭維而背面毀謗的人，誇誇其談的人交友，便有害了。"

Confucius said,"three kinds of good friends and three kinds of bad friends. Make friend with the person who is upright, faithfulness, and full of knowledge then gain benefit. Make friend with the person who is flattery, respect in front but slander at back, boastful then is harmful."

現在已很少聽人說分辨益友和損友的。只要有一面之緣，就可以是朋友了。更多時候人都喜歡聽"好的話"，或誤信別人"吹牛的話"，如果不帶眼識人就很愚蠢了。如果還推心致腹就很危險了。

I rarely hear people saying to differentiate a good friend or bad friend. As long as we met before then we are friend. Lots of people like to hear "sweet and nice word", believe the con-man lying and boasting. This is stupid if you cannot differentiate them, this is dangerous if you treat them as best friend.
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论语。子罕。

子绝四 -- 毋意，毋必，毋固，毋我。

孔子没有四种毛病 -- 不悬空揣测，不绝对肯定，不拘泥固执，不唯我独是。

Confucius never has this four shortcoming -- never guess without reason, never confirms absolutely, never stubborn, never ego and selfish. 

論語。為政

之前，我只是膚淺解釋其中一句論語，朋友們竟然就在顏面書上熱烈的討論一番。這應該是好的現象吧。（況且那一句也是我去上課學來的，嘿嘿）
孔子在距今約2500年前說的話，放在今天也還是有用之處的，不得不令人佩服。

I never thought that my shallow explanation of one sentence from Confucius,  my friends are discussing happily in the facebook, i think this is good phenomenon. (Somemore that sentence I also learnt from class, haha)
However, I am really amazing that the dialog said in 2500 years ago, can still apply in today world.

子游問孝，子曰：“今之孝者是謂能養，至於犬馬皆能有養，不敬，何以別乎？”

子游問孝道，孔子說：“現在所謂的孝認為只要能養活（父母）就可以，至於狗和馬都能養活，如果不存心尊敬父母，那又和養活動物有什麼分別呢？”

Confucius student Zhi You ask filial. Confucius said, "Today people think that filial is just to feed our parent, dog and horse also can be fed to survive. If we don't respect our parent with true heart, What is the differences of feeding animals and our parents?"

跑去学论语

近日，胆粗粗跑去学论语，发现受益良多。觉得在提升品德修养方面是有帮助的。
论语就是记载孔子所说的话。我不知道本地受英文教育者，有没有听过这一本书呢？国外也是有好多学者在做研究的。

I am register to learn the "lun yu" (google translate - the analects of confucius) and found that it is benefit a lot to me. Especially on improving morality. This is the book who record down what Confucius said in thousands year ago. I not quite sure local people who study in english or malay school whether know it or not.
But there are lots of researchers in overseas doing study of this.

子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知，而不愠，不亦君子乎？”

孔子说:"学习而能适时地复习和练习，不就是高兴的事吗？有志同道合的人从远方来拜访，不就是快乐的事吗？人们不了解我而我不怨恨，不就是有品德的人吗？“

Confucius told, "Learn, and always find suitable time to review and practice, doesn't it happy? Friends, who have same ambitious and mind,  come from far to visit you, doesn't it happy? People doesn't understand me but I do not hate them, ain't I a Gentleman?"