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The Analects – Chapter 118 (5.28). How Confucius elevated innate virtue to noble character?
5.28 The Master said, “In a hamlet of ten houses you may be sure of finding someone quite as loyal and true to his word as I. But I doubt if you would find anyone with such a love of learning.”
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The Analects – Chapter 117 (5.27). Confucius on humanity’s struggle for self-awareness
5.27 The Master said, “In vain have I looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.”
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The Analects – Chapter 115 (5.25). Confucius’ indictment of hypocrisy through the lens of Zuo Qiuming
5.25 The Master said, “Clever talk, a pretentious manner and a reverence that is only of the feet — Zuo Qiuming was incapable of stooping to them, and I too could never stoop to them. Having to conceal one’s indignation and keep on friendly terms with the people against whom one feels it —…
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The Analects – Chapter 113 (5.23). Bo Yi and Shu Qi’s boundless forgiveness
5.23 The Master said, “Boyi (Bo Yi) and Shuqi (Shu Qi) never bore old ills in mind and had but the faintest feelings of rancour.”