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The Master said, “The noble person is calm and composed but not arrogant; the petty person is arrogant but not calm.”
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Sima Niu asked about the noble person (junzi). The Master said, “The noble person has no anxiety and no fear.”He asked further, “Is being free from anxiety and fear alone enough to be called a noble person?”The Master replied, “When one examines oneself inwardly and finds no guilt, what is there to worry or…
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Confucius said, “The wise are not perplexed; the humane are not anxious; the courageous are not afraid.”
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Amidst the great classics of Chinese philosophy and literature, Cai Gen Tan (Vegetable Root Talks, Roots of Wisdom or Tending the Roots of Wisdom) occupies a unique place – it is not an epic novel, a dense philosophical treatise, or a religious scripture, but a collection of pithy, practical maxims for navigating life.
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5.11 The Master said, “I have never yet seen a man who was truly steadfast.”
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If every person made a habit of looking upon everything as flawless, then everything in the world would naturally become perfect.