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Mencius – Chapter 8.18 Rooted like a Spring, Not a Storm
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Xu Zi asked: “Confucius often praised water, exclaiming, ‘Ah, water! Ah, water!’ What did he admire about it?”
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Mencius – Chapter 8.17 Moral cost of empty speech and Peril of suppressing the worthy
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Mencius said: “Speech without factual basis brings misfortune. And the one who bears the consequences of this misfortune is the person who blocks or suppresses the worthy.”
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Crossing the Lingding Ocean
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– Wen Tianxiang By virtue of the classics, painstakingly I rose to serve my state;Four years of war have passed, with our banners desolate.Our land, torn asunder, drifts like catkins in the gale;My life, adrift and battered, like duckweed in the rain’s assail.At Huangkong Shoal, I sighed for the fears that once prevailed;On Lingding…
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Mencius – Chapter 8.15 The scholar’s journey: From breadth to essence
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Mencius said: “One studies broadly and explains in detail, precisely in order to return to a concise and essential understanding.”
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Mencius – Chapter 8.14 Learning from within: Self-attainment and Deep cultivation
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Mencius said: “The noble person pursues deep learning through the proper Way, aiming to attain understanding on their own. When one truly grasps it from within, they can dwell in it with peace; dwelling in it with peace leads to profound accumulation; and with profound accumulation, one can draw upon it freely and abundantly…