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The Analects – Chapter 145 (6.27). The dual path of cultivation
6.27The Master said, “A gentleman who is widely versed in letters and at the same time knows how to submit his learning to the restraints of ritual is not likely, I think, to go far wrong.”
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The Analects – Chapter 144 (6.26). Confucius on the integration of benevolence and wisdom
6.26Zai Yu asked saying, “I take it a benevolent man, even if he were told that another benevolent man were at the bottom of a well, would go to join him?”
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The Analects – Chapter 143 (6.25). The broken ritual vessel
6.25 The Master said, “A horn-gourd that is neither horn nor gourd! A pretty horn-gourd indeed, a pretty horn-gourd indeed.”
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The Analects – Chapter 141 (6.23). Confucian dualism of wisdom and benevolence
6.23 The Master said, “The wise man delights in water, the benevolent man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the benevolent stay still. The wise are happy; but the benevolent, secure.”