Be true to your word - be reliable and trustworthy.

Be cautious about the end and pursue the distance - end: death of a person; distance: refers to ancestors. The old meaning is to carefully handle the funeral of parents and worship ancestors from distant generations devoutly. Later also refers to working with caution and remembering the sages of the past.

Small and big are due to it - it means that the use can be large or small.

Poverty but joy in Taoism - The family is poor, but it is pleasure to gain knowledge and understand principles.

Striving for excellence - Jing: perfect, good; Yi: better. If you are good, please ask for better.

Tell the past and the future - if you tell one thing, you can know another point. Metaphors can understand the relationship between cause and effect, similarity and difference between things, and understand each other accordingly.

The stars Gongbei - Gong: surround, defend; North: refers to the North Star. The stars in the sky guard Beichen. It used to mean that a virtuous king is in power and is supported by his subjects all over the world.

Beichen Star Gong - Beichen: the North Star; Gong: surround. The North Star hangs high and motionless, surrounded by stars on all sides. In the old days, it was a metaphor for governing a country with virtuous governance, and the world would follow. Later, it is also used as a metaphor for a person who is supported by everyone.

To sum it up in one word - cover: cover, extended to summarize. Summarize it in one sentence. "

Thirty-year-old - refers to a person who has achieved something before or after the age of thirty.

The age of thirty - the age at which a person can stand on his own feet.

The age of not being confused—not being confused: being able to distinguish clearly when encountering things. This is used as a proxy for 40 years old.

The age of knowing one’s destiny—the age when one knows one’s destiny. Refers to 50 years old. "

The age of hearing - when you are sixty years old, you can judge the truth and falsehood by listening to other people's words. Refers to the generation of 60 years old.

Follow your heart's desire - do whatever you want according to your own will.

The care of dogs and horses - humble words to support parents.

The Analects of Confucius is a quotation-style book, with most of it recording remarks and a small part recording events. Only a few chapters can be called relatively complete articles. The book has 20 chapters, 512 chapters, and about 15,000 words. There is no internal connection between chapters and chapters, and the titles of chapters are meaningless. They only use the few words at the beginning of each chapter. For example, "Xue Er Chapter No. 1" takes the "Xue Er" from "The Master said: 'Learn and practice it from time to time.'"

The basic idea of ??"The Analects" is also the basic idea of ??Confucius. Confucius's political thoughts were conservative and his philosophical thoughts were idealistic. However, social development and various practical reasons also have an impact on him. The Analects of Confucius also recorded some positive things in his thoughts, such as sparing gifts, promoting talented people, being frugal, loving people, keeping people in their time, teaching without distinction, not believing in ghosts and gods, etc. In particular, his educational experience, learning experience, writing experience, life experience and poetic theory are more worthy of our attention. Many very insightful maxims in "The Analects" are the summary and summary of these valuable experiences.

The Analects of Confucius is quite influential in the history of literature. Its literary nature is mainly due to the richness of images in its language, which often uses extremely concise words to describe the characters' expressions, voice, and character traits.