SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • The Analects – Chapter 15.8

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    Ana

    The Master said, “If you can speak with someone but do not, you lose a person; if you cannot speak with someone yet do, you waste your words. The wise person neither loses people nor wastes words.”

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.7

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    Ana

    The Master said, “How upright was Shi Yu! When the state was well governed, he was as straight as an arrow; when the state was poorly governed, he was still as straight as an arrow.What a noble person was Qu Boyu! When the state was well governed, he served in office; when the state…