The Analects

The book “Judgments and Conversations” (“Lun Yu”) is the main source of information about the legendary Chinese thinker Confucius (Kong Fuzi) and his teachings. Confucianism had a profound influence on the culture of Ancient China, on the formation of the Chinese national character, and on the political and social structure of Chinese society. “Judgments and Conversations” are records of Confucius’s sayings made by his students and followers.
“Confucius said: Wealth and rank are the object of human desires, but a noble man does not use them if they were obtained unlawfully.”