Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
7.36 The Master said, “Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.”
7.21 The Master never talked of prodigies, feats of strength, disorders or spirits.
5.13 Zigong said, “Our Master’s views concerning culture and the outward insignia of goodness, we are permitted to hear; but about Man’s nature and the ways of Heaven he will not tell us anything at all.”
3.1 Confucius said of the head of the Ji family when he had eight teams of dancers performing in his courtyard, “If this man can be endured, who cannot be endured!”
Master You said, “Those who in private life behave well towards their parents and elder brothers, in public life seldom show a disposition to resist the authority of their superiors. And as for such men starting a revolution, no instance of it has ever occurred. It is upon the trunk that a gentleman works.…
Once the white dragon went down from heaven to a cool lake, taking the form of a fish.