SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • The Analects – Chapter 14.37

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    Ana

    The Master said, “The most virtuous withdraw from the world entirely; the next withdraw from a particular state; the next avoid disrespectful looks; and the next avoid offensive words.”The Master added, “There have already been seven such people.”

  • Mencius – Chapter 6.10 Chen Zhong’s ascetic morality

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    Ana

    Kuang Zhang asked Mencius: “Isn’t Chen Zhongzi truly an honest and incorruptible man? He lived in Yuling and once went three days without food – so weak he couldn’t hear or see. There was a plum tree by a well; worms had eaten more than half the fruit. He crawled over, ate a few…

  • Mount Lu Viewed from Xunyang at Dusk [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    –Meng Haoran For miles and miles I sail and float; High famed mountains are hard to seek. By riverside I moor my boat, Then I perceive the Censer Peak. Knowing the Monk Yuan’s life and way, I love his solitary dell. His hermitage not far away, I hear at sunset but the bell.