Forget injuries, never forget kindness.

The saying urges a deliberate moral asymmetry in memory: let grievances fade, but keep beneficence vividly present. In a Confucian ethical frame, this supports social harmony by discouraging cycles of resentment and retaliation, while strengthening reciprocal obligation through gratitude. Remembering kindness is not merely sentimental; it becomes a practical discipline that shapes conduct—repaying favors, honoring relationships, and cultivating ren (humaneness). Forgetting injuries likewise functions as self-cultivation, restraining anger and ego so that one’s responses remain governed by propriety and virtue rather than by wounded pride.