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My favorite one so far is, "Study without thought is vain. Thought without study is dangerous."

>Whole book is about respect. >Whole comments section is disrespect. Great job, folks. Keep representing that superior 21st century morality for all of subsequent history. You make us all look so very wise.

The introduction was read from a man who has a marvelous clear voice. I thought this is such a blessing. And then the reading began with an unpleasant voice of a woman that I could barely understand.

I.cant stand the girl reading....can barely understand

Confucius say "He who stands on toilet is high on pot"

Wow...I am upset that the speaker changed. I don't care much for the second speaker. Her voice is horrible. This person is not a very good orator. She has no grasp of how to enunciate the words. No feeling or care for what she is reading.

This is a poor tribute to a supposed wise man. This reading should be done by someone with a substantial voice and confident delivery.

Don't panic people, the whole book isn't read by the 2nd speaker. A smoother vocal begins in Book 2 at 9:10.

why switch speakers? big mistake to switch speakers.

book 1 actually starts with 4:03

Why tf isnt the man reading it? >:o

Confucius say, "Man who go through turnstile sideways at airport going to Bangkok."

Why is there a British guy reading the beginning then it switches to a Pinoy (Filipino) chick?

Urgh. Not only is the voice annoying and depressing, the constant libravox interruptions are beyond annoying.

what is it with all the useless bad mouthing. does it make you feel better to talk bad about someone else? if you don't like, don't listen. no one is pointing a gun at your head. i think she is doing fine. and actually, by having to listen more focused because of the accent you will retain more of it.

Confucious say, "Man with hole in pocket, walk around feeling cocky all day"

I'm as interested in the people that listen and try to put into practice things like this as the sage who wrote it :) This is awesome thanks for the reading and putting this in the public

21:30 26:50 - love 34:50 35:50 46:08 - born 46:40 - 47:14 wisdom and love 51:25 - open 52:45 - success and passion 54:00 57:12 57:25 59:10 1:00:50 - mean 1:03:34 - death and truth 1:05:30 - 1:06:05 1:06:19 1:07:12 - policies 1:07:50 study 1:10:48 - sheldom spoken of - 1:11:55 1:11:55 -free of 1:50:55 1:57:05 - 1:58:00 2:03:58 2:16:50 - wisdom 2:18:15 2:19:40 - 2:20:50 gentleman 2:21:40 - 2:23:25 2:23:50 consistent 2:24:10 educated men 2:30:16 - 2:31:18 types of friends and good & evil 2:38:38 - wise and stupid men 2:59:59

Confucius say “He who go to bed with itchy bumhole wake up with stinky fingers.”

A dutiful son and brother is seldom fond of porking dose over him?a man unwilling to pork dose over him is never given to crime?Wha she say?

Why would you have someone with a thick accent read an audiobook in English? This was your best candidate? I can't understand half of what she's saying.

lmao i can't understand a single thing she says

I am not a racist or something.. but the voice of that girl ruined this beautiful book !!! and too slow ...

A pity they could not find an english speaking narrator, a little annoying to listen to

Thumbs way up to Confucius, thumbs way down to this mangled reading.

2:06:00 If the tongue hath no fear, words are hard to make good. 2:17:00 A workman bent on good work will first sharpen his tools. 2:18:30 It is finished. I have met no one who loves good as he loves women. 3:00:00 The vulgar always gloss their faults 3:02:30 Mourning should stretch to grief and stretch no further. 3:11:30 A man who is blind to doom can be no gentleman. Without a knowledge of courtesy we must want foothold. Without a knowledge of words there is no understanding men. End of Book The Sayings of Confucius

Horrible speaking and hardly understandable. Yeah, gal, philosophers were men for a reason.

Why is she reading like this!?? What did I do? 😭

Sounds like a Filipino accent.

Confucius was not an enlightened master., He was a man of knowledge and not a man of wisdom . He was more of a behaviorist. La O Tsu was a master , an enlightened master. There is a difference. .

i've got my marihuana plant with headphones listening to this

That's why men is protector of women

Why did they put a person with an Indian accent??? What the fuck.

The Indian accent makes it hard to understand/enjoy the lines :(

These sayings are my personal favourites: Book I, 2. Yu-tzu said: "A dutiful son and brother is seldom fond of thwarting those over him: a man unwilling to thwart those over him is never given to crime. A gentleman nurses the roots: when the root has taken, the truth will grow; and what are the roots of love, but the duty of son and brother?" Book I, 6. The Master said: "The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, heedful and true, full of goodwill for the many, close friends with love; and should they have strength to spare, let them spend it upon the arts." Book I, 8. The Master said: "Of a gentlemen who is frivolous none stand in awe, nor can his learning be sound. Make faithfulness and truth thy masters; have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults." Book I, 9. Tseng-tzu said: "Respect death and recall forefathers, the good in men will again grow sturdy." Book I, 11. The Master said: "As long as his father lives a son should study his wishes; after he is dead, he should study his life. If for three years he do not forsake his father's ways, he may be called dutiful." Book I, 13. Yu-tzu said: "If promises hug the right, word can be kept: if attentions are bounded by courtesy, shame will be banished: heroes may be worshiped, if we choose them aright." Book I, 16. The Master said: "Not to be known should not grieve you: grieve that ye know not men." Book II, 3. The Master said: "Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good." Book II, 5. Meng Yi asked the duty of a son. The Master said: "Obedience." As Fan Ch'ih was driving him, the Master said: "Meng-sun asked me the duty of a son; I answered 'Obedience.'" "What did ye mean?" said Fan Ch'ih. "To serve our parents with courtesy whilst they live," said the Master; "to bury them with all courtesy when they die; and to worship them with all courtesy." Book II, 6. Meng Wu asked the duty of a son. The Master said: "What weighs on your father and mother is concern for your health." Book II, 13-14.Tzu-kung asked, What is a gentleman? The Master said: "He puts words into deed first, and sorts what he says to the deed." Book II, 16. The Master said: "Work on strange doctrines does harm." Book III, 7. The Master said: "A gentleman has no rivalries--except perhaps in archery; and then, as bowing he joins the winners, or steps down to see the loser drink, throughout the struggle he is still the gentleman." Book III, 17. Tzu-kung wished to do away with the sheep offering at the new moon. The Master said: "Thou lovest the sheep, Tzu: I love the rite." Book III, 18-19. The Master said: "Treat the king with all courtesy, men call it fawning." Duke Ting asked how a king should behave with courtesy to his ministers; how ministers should serve their king? Confucius answered: "A king should behave with courtesy to his ministers; ministers should serve their king faithfully." Book III, 26. The Master said: "Rank without bounty; ritual without reverence; mourning without grief, why should I cast them a glance?" Book IV, 2. The Master said: "Loveless men cannot bear need long, they cannot bear fortune long. Loving hearts find peace in love; clever heads find profit in it." Book IV, 3. The Master said: "Love can alone love others, or hate others." Book IV, 6. The Master said: "A friend to love, a foe to evil, I have yet to meet. A friend to love will set nothing higher. In love's service, a foe to evil will let no evil touch him. Were a man to give himself to love, but for one day, I have seen no one whose strength would fail him. Such men there may be, but I have not seen one." Book IV, 9. The Master said: "A scholar in search of truth who is ashamed of poor clothes and poor food it is idle talking to." Book IV, 14. The Master said: "Be not concerned at want of place; be concerned that thou stand thyself. Sorrow not at being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note." Book IV, 17. The Master said: "At sight of worth, think to grow like it. When evil meets thee, search thine own heart." Book IV, 22. The Master said: "Men of old were loth to speak; lest a word that they could not make good should shame them." Book IV, 23. The Master said: "Who contains himself goes seldom wrong." Book IV, 24. The Master said: "A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act." Book V, 1. Of Kung-yeh Ch'ang the Master said: "A girl might marry him. In him was no crime, though he has been in bonds." He gave him his daughter to wife. Of Nan Jung the Master said: "When right prevails, he will not be neglected: when wrong prevails, he will escape law and punishment." He gave him his brother's daughter to wife. Book V, 9. Tsai Yü slept in the daytime. The master said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved, nor are dung walls plastered. Why chide with Yü?" The Master said: "In my first dealings with men, I hearkened to their words, and took their deeds on trust. Now, in dealing with men, I hearken to their words, and watch their deeds. I righted this on Yü." Book V, 13. Until Tzu-lu could carry out what he heard, he only dreaded to hear more. Book V, 15. Of Tzu-chán the Master said: "In four ways he was a gentleman. His own life was modest; he honoured the man whom he served; he was kind in rearing the people; he was just in his calls upon them." Book V, 19. Chi Wen thought thrice before acting. On hearing this, the Master said: "Twice, that is enough." Book V, 22. The Master said: "As Po-yi and Shu-ch'i never recalled past wickedness the foes they made were few." Book V, 25. As Yen Yüan and Chi-lu were sitting with him, the Master said: "Why not each of you tell me his wishes?" Tzu-lu said: "Carriages and horses I would have, and robes of fine fur to share with my friends, and would wear them out all free from care." Yen Yüan said: "To make no boast of talent, nor show of merit, were my wish." Tzu-lu said: "We should like to hear your wishes, Sir." The Master said: "To make the old folk happy, to be true to friends, to have a heart for the young." Book V, 27. The Master said: "In a hamlet of ten households there must be men faithful and true as I: why is there no one as fond of learning?" Book VI, 1. The Master said: "Yung might fill the seat of a prince." "And might Tzu-sang Po-tzu?" asked Chung-kung. "Yes," said the Master: "but he is lax." "To be lax in his claims on the people might be right," said Chung-kung, "were he stern to self; but to be lax to self and lax to others must surely be over-lax." The Master said: "What Yung says is true." Book VI, 2. Duke Ai asked which disciples were fond of learning. Confucius answered: "Yen Hui loved learning. His anger fell not astray; he made no mistake twice. By ill-luck his life was cut short. Now that he is gone, I hear of no one who is fond of learning." Book VI, 5. The Master said: "For three months together Hui's heart never sinned against love. The others may hold out for a day, or a month; but no more." Book VI, 9. The Master said: "What a man was Hui! A dish of rice, a gourd of water, in a low alleyway; no man can bear such misery! Yet Hui never fell from mirth. What a man he was!" Book VI, 10. Jan Ch'iu said: "Pleasure in the Master's path I do not lack: I lack strength." The Master said: "Who lacks strength faints by the way; thou puttest a curb upon thee." Book VI, 11. The Master said to Tzu-hsia: "Read to become a gentleman; do not read as the vulgar do." Book VI, 15. The Master said: "Who can go out except by the door? Why is it no one keeps to the way?" Book VI, 16. The Master said: "Nature outweighing art begets roughness; art outweighing nature begets pedantry. Art and nature well blent make a gentleman." Book VI, 19. The Master said: "To men above the common we may speak of things above the common. To men below the common we must not speak of things above the common." Book VI, 24. Tsai Wo said: "Were a man who loves told there is a man in a well, would he go in after him?" The Master said: "Why should he? A gentleman might be brought to the well, but not entrapped into it. He may be cheated; he is not to be fooled." Book VI, 25. The Master said: "By breadth of reading and the ties of courtesy a gentleman will also keep from error's path."

Accent too strong I give up

I can’t understand what she’s saying 😠

It is sad but I can not understand the Indian lady her accent is to difficult

there is something wrong with the world when the least among us are in the most influential positions, where being a backstabbing, manipulative scumbag is encouraged. I am a huge fan of Confucius and have read his analects but feel as though he missed out on addressing this issue

This is amazing with hard work! Thank you all for making this classic literary works for free! This helps us to appreciate Chinese literature and culture at the comfort of our fingertips.

Please in Urdu in Urdu

知+日=智(zhi) knowledge on top sun below, means radiant conscious intelligence. 丰+丰+手+心=慧 (hui) 2 harvests on top hand in middle mind below, means the harvest of deeper wisdom and ability for being aware of the unconscious or self-nature. 今+貝=貪 (tan) today or current moment on top treasure chest standing below, means greed. 奴+心=怒 (nu) slave on top mind below, means anger. 知+疒=痴 (chi) knowledge inside a sickbed, so knowledge lying on sickbed is ignorance and insanity.

No idea what I just listened to lol It sounds a lil indian I respect her efforts though I am afraid it was all in vain. Did not finish it did not understand what she said.

can't believe all these comments below, all the complaining and btchin is clearly those that have no idea what they are talking about imo. you're all such trolls. :) Appreciate all your efforts Greatest Audio book. Keep it up.

Book 5 #11 - "What I do not wish done to me, I likewise wish not to do to others" #14 Cultured man: "He was quick and loved learning; he was not ashamed to ask those beneath him, that is why he was called cultured" #15: On the ways of a gentleman #21...my young sons at home do not know how much pruning they still need! #25 The Master's Wishes: ...to be true to friends.... #26 I have met no one that can see his pwn faults.....

Слова полезные Спасибо! :) )))

Confucius said : Man who retire for the night with itchy behind...will rise up with stinky fingers...I can attest to that .

I’m just here so I can sound smart.

I listen up until the lady start speaking. Disrespected my ear .

She's not intelligible.. I miss the great words of Confucius.... The reading should have been given to somebody else...

Not peoper voice and please redo it with someone's voice who could project it deep and clear. This girl is like a reading in a dictation class. She must practice and do it. For me I have stopped listening. Regards, Sam

They should've chosen a native English reader. A professional audiobook reader must speak clearly and fluently. Strong accents can be distracting.

When the woman started speaking, somehow, the interest to continue listening waned. But the learning is surely that although I have nothing personal against her, somehow, her pronunciation and tone of voice did have an impact on the senses and listening pleasure, albeit, in a very unfavourable distinction.

Confucius say:" Every wants to have sex."

This guy changed alot of things in the holy bible..like ROOT of david..not a person like he say..its a RADIOACTIVE TREE ROOT STUCK TO METAL

Unfortunately, the reader is absolutely atrocious. It is not just her accent that makes it difficult, but she reads without inflection or proper emphasis. The recording is therefore almost unintelligible. Has Audiovox no thought of quality control... or merciful consideration for hearers?

Rule 1:if you sound this horrid,stop reading. Rule 2: if you can't stand this woman's voice skip or leave. I'm leaving.

Why why why do these recording have no emotion, rhythm, or passion ??? How could anyone listen to this voice for 3 hrs odd - I feel utterly depressed after 10 minutes . I’m outa here 😭😭😭😭

Confucius sayings embellish easily except in Africa! Western ideologies don't regret manipulating stature. Weapons make more money than relations, jobs and progress.

Like the British accent better. The other one just kept reading in a terrible accent.

Does confuscious have a bad hair patch on his head....looks like an asian Donald trump

The man speaks better and pronounced his words clearly than the woman Speaking so fast and with accents is defeating the purpose of this video There's still room for improvement of your dictions to drown your accents

1:38:56 bookmark

3 hours of awesomeness

Poor delivery at the beginning, girl is speaking as she is about to fall asleep. Terrible delivery, she speaks not clearly.

Respectfully, it's a bit hard to understand the woman. The man who did the intro had a much more clear voice.

@Vox Stoica will narrate this masterpiece so beautifully.

Why can’t the clearly spoken English guy at the start narrate this all, can’t understand half of what this chick is saying with that accent. Me know nothing

think its a good thing that this is common sense to me. brought up well, thanks mam.

Confucius say,"woman who fly plane upside down have nasty crack up!"

SORRY, BUT THE VOICE OF THIS NARRATOR, HAS NO PLACE SPEAKING!!! SORRY, BUT TRUTH BE TOLD !!

really wanted to listen to this book, but can't understand what this girl is saying.. urgh

The master said, "think about the words being said, not the speaker".

Confuscious said in A British accent " why it smells like shit boppit"!

fell asleep to youtube, woke up and this shit was on, fucking boredom woke me up

shouldn't suckers in this tread perhaps read by themselves, if they can that is ;))

I could barely understand her. Barely made it through the first chapter I’m out

You have learned nothing from these if you are letting your ego rule your sayings!!

This book is spiritually and physically healing

besides the obvious with the audio, anyone notice the picture of a cockeyed Confucius?

Sorry i can't sing along to this song. I do not know the word's, Alright if i just hum ?.

Well started out in English then it's taken over by a Simpsons character

We are all smart…or we are all stupid… because everyone is smart at one thing and stupid at another

I can't understand what she saying. Really bad

Such a shame, the change in reader, is difficult. The actual reader doesn't have a speech pattern than can be easily understood by most. I have no problem with a persons place of origin or speech, but when it comes to audio books, this is much too distracting. Just can't listen, can't hear past the accent. Really a shame, was looking forward to my new find.

1:18:00 apx I have found none who love good as much as women.

She is stumbling on many words. Great book though.

Confuscious said " Scooby Dooby Doo, where the fuck are you"!

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Confucius say You can all hold these fortune cookies

Train announcements would have been more appropriate

If you could put any subtitle, I will very thank to you. Hopefully you could help .

I cannot get enough of this audio book thank you for the upload

She doesn't have clear voice, it's hard to understand

Thank you for posting this video, show what great advancements in social and coexistance thinking existed millenia ago.

why are these people reading this? they are clueless

He had disciples = dis crips less? Yup ancient vessel swapping.

Horrible accent can't understand the words

Confucius say "Knickers not the best thing in the world - but next to it!"