SuaveG – The Gentle Path – Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

The Analects – Chapter 41 (3.1). Against aristocratic arrogance

August 10, 2025

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Juan

3.1 Confucius said of the head of the Ji family when he had eight teams of dancers performing in his courtyard, “If this man can be endured, who cannot be endured!”
The Analects – Chapter 40 (2.24). Integrity and valor

August 10, 2025

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Juan

2.24 Confucius said, “Just as to sacrifice to ancestors other than one’s own is presumption, so to see what is right and not do it is cowardice.”
The Analects – Chapter 39 (2.23). Continuity and change of the history

August 10, 2025

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Juan

2.23 Zizhang asked whether the state of things ten generations hence could be foretold.
The Analects – Chapter 38 (2.22). Trustworthiness as the cornerstone of character

August 10, 2025

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Juan

2.22 The Master said, “I do not see what use a man can be put to, whose word cannot be trusted. How can a waggon be made to go if it has no yoke-bar or a carriage, if it has no collar-bar?”
The Analects – Chapter 37 (2.21). Self-cultivation as political action

August 10, 2025

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Juan

Someone, when talking to Confucius, said, “How is it that you are not in the public service?”
The Analects – Chapter 36 (2.20). Ethical governance

August 10, 2025

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Juan

Ji Kang asked whether there were any form of encouragement by which he could induce the common people to be respectful and loyal.

The Analects – Chapter 41 (3.1). Against aristocratic arrogance