SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.28

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    Ana

    The Master said, “If everyone dislikes someone, you must investigate carefully; if everyone likes someone, you must also investigate carefully.”

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.27

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    Ana

    The Master said, “Clever words corrupt virtue; lacking patience in small matters disrupts great plans.”

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.26

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    Ana

    The Master said, “I was still able to witness an age when historians left blanks in their records for uncertain matters, and when someone who owned a horse would lend it for others to ride. Alas, such virtues are gone today!”

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.25

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    Ana

    The Master said, “When it comes to people, whom have I ever slandered? Whom have I ever praised lightly? If I have praised anyone, it was only after testing and verifying their character. It is precisely these common people who enabled the Three Dynasties – Xia, Shang, and Zhou – to follow the straight…

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.24

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    Ana

    Zigong asked, “Is there one word that can be practiced for a lifetime?” The Master said, “Perhaps it is ‘shu’ (reciprocity)! Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.”

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.23

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    Ana

    The Master said, “The noble person does not promote someone solely on the basis of his words, nor does he reject someone’s words solely because of who he is.”