10 Life Lessons From Confucius We Should All Follow

Confucius (551–479 BC)[1] was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.

The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty. Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further developed into a system known as Confucianism.

Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics, but modern scholars are cautious of attributing specific assertions to Confucius himself. Aphorisms concerning his teachings were compiled in the Analects, but only many years after his death.

Confucius's principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition and belief. He championed strong family loyalty, ancestor worship, respect of elders by their children and of husbands by their wives. He also recommended family as a basis for ideal government. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself", an early version of the Golden Rule.

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[abhisheksuraj]

great job guys... Confucius's teachings are world heritage... love from India

[thedrawingmuffins]

I really never heard about these teaching of Confucius, but I've been following the lessons. Its such a beautiful thing to see that someone has the same thoughts as I do. Made my day.

[liliencalvel]

This is beautiful. Confucious is my favorite philosopher. Confucious himself overcame a lot of obstacles as he grew into old age. Some of the teachings here are lessons he learned from his own personal struggles.

[wendywoodrick]

I play this video every year to my 6th graders when we study Confucius and they love it. They laugh while they are being educated. Y'all are the best!

[DarthJF]

Confucius was awesome. You should do this for some other people as well, like Buddha.

[itsame]

Great thanks for bringing us all up to date with Confucius' sayings.

[mengwolong]

I believe you are following the 10th quote of Confucius to make this your You Tube canal. For this, this canal is so good! Keep this way, my brothers! Congratulations from Brazil!

[sandyy]

I recently started binge-watching this channel and I have to say, I really like the "chemistry"/interaction between the two of you! I love how Mike is very fluent in Mandarin (for us fluent Mandarin speakers, it's really nice to hear spoken Mandarin with no ABC accent! 很亲切!) while Dan is such a banana (also very funny to hear Dan struggle to speak Chinese sometimes)! Keep up the good work!

[lucasmota]

Perfect, Confucious have so many wonderful teachings!
Thank you guys for sharing!

[cuteyoonie]

Omg when my teacher showed this video in class today I was screaming inside :)

[jessyca]

OH MY! Everything in there is actually my philosophy of life. I'm currently working on #7 though. I will read more about Confucius :) I really enjoy everything you do. Thank you!

[StaK_]

the last one really rounds up most of these advices, thank you!

[anthonymartinez]

Wisely said. Your the chosen one. It's important that one's own life to see more.

[Foodgamez]

My mom always says "If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, then think again" and I think she means you can do anything. :)

[inaMaxillion]

Yall are halarious. I love this video because ur explanations, examples, and visual comedy are the perfect combination.
Gratitude Always 💗💗💗

[PrettyMylee]

this video was AWESOME. I needed this. Love it guy. Thanks much.

[alllove]

A beautiful video! Time to study more confucius!

[hanar]

Number 3 backs up my reason to never try to read the text book and memorise as much as you can especially right before the exam because you panic, forget all the useful stuff you know, cram your brain with short term facts and panic again at the beginning of the test about your lack of knowledge causing you to forget at the stuff you tried to memorise. I'd much rather just walk into an exam having just skimmed my eyes over my notes than have hard core studied.

[tiffanyacuff]

Very thought provoking. I see the golden and silver rule as basically the same thing. Even not doing something to someone is treating them a certain way.

[MuttonfudgeRacing]

Remember: "A bowl is most useful when it is empty."