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Confucius : The Analects

Confucius : The Analects. A guide to the everyday Enlightment. A glimpse of the history.

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Confucius : The Analects

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  1. Confucius : The Analects A guide to the everyday Enlightment

  2. A glimpse of the history • Confucius or Lao Tzu was a great educator of his time and was born in 551 B.C. He was from a well background family but was known to be a hard worker. He often taught his principles and beliefs and tried to advise different princes and kings but his teachings fell on deaf ears. Confucius became a teacher and taught his philosophy to over 3000 students before his death at the age of 73. • The acutual Analects took from 30 to 50 years to complete. It had compiled filial piety, loyalty, righteousness and changed Chinese philosophy. It has been quoted by greats such as Voltaire and been the guide to many Chinese and eastern scholars of today and yesterday, not to mention it being one of the most influential writings on the life of a man of all time.

  3. The book is not necessarily breakable. All nineteen sections are made up of Confucius addressing random people about different topics. The sections have no main topic or agenda and the people consist of random disciples. There are also points that are not actual quotes but speak of the actions of Confucius. However, there are certain issues of the everyday life that Confucius thought strongly about. Did U Know? – The actual text uses the phrase “the Master said” instead of the famous beginning quote “Confucius says” Breakdown of Confucius Chapters

  4. The centers of Confucius teachings • Jen (Humanity) • Government • Li (Manners or Rites) • Yueh (Music) • Learning and Teaching • The Superior Man

  5. Government • II.7: Tzu-kung asked about government. The Master said, "The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler." Tzu Kung said, "If it cannot be helped, and one of these must be dispensed with, which of the three should be foregone first?" "The military equipment," said the Master. Tzu Kung again asked, "If it cannot be helped and one of the remaining two must be dispensed with, which of them should be foregone?" The Master answered, "Part with the food. From of old, death has been the lot of humanity; but if the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state."

  6. Government II • XIII.6: The Master said, "When a prince's personal conduct is correct, his government is effective without the issuing of orders. If his personal conduct is not correct, he may issue orders, but they will not be followed.“ • XIV.1: Hsien asked what was shameful. The Master said, "When good government prevails in a state, to be thinking only of one's salary. When bad government prevails, to be thinking, in the same way, only of one's salary. That is what is shameful."

  7. XVII.2: The Master said, "By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart." IX.4: There were four things from which the Master was entirely free. He had no foregone conclusions, no arbitrary predeterminations, no obstinacy, and no egotism. IX.18: The Master said, "The course of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising a mound. If there want but one basket of earth to complete the work, and I stop, the stopping is my own work. It may be compared to throwing down the earth on the level ground. Though but one basketful is thrown at a time, the advancing with it is my own going forward." Learning and Teaching

  8. THE SUPERIOR MAN • IV.5: The Master said, "Riches and honors are what men desire. If they cannot be obtained in the proper way, they should not be held. Poverty and baseness are what men dislike. If they cannot be avoided in the proper way, they should not be avoided. . . . The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it."

  9. THE SUPERIOR MAN II • XV.17: The Master said, "The superior man in everything considers righteousness to be essential. He performs it according to the rules of propriety (li ). He brings it forth in humility. He completes it with sincerity. This is indeed a superior man." • XV.18: The Master said, "The superior man is distressed by his want of ability. He is not distressed by men not knowing of him." • XII.4: Ssu-ma Niu asked about the superior man. The Master said, "The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear." "Being without anxiety or fear!" said Ssu-ma, "does this constitute what we call the superior man?" The Master said, "When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?"

  10. A Pic and a Quote

  11. The Conclusion… • …….

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