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Confucius

Confucius in 30 Pages

One page at a time, from “to learn and practise it” to “one thread runs through my way”: meet a Confucius who grew through hardship and lived with sincerity and joy.

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To learn, and to practise a friend comes from afar 学

Three marks of a good person

  1. The humane do not worryWalking the right road, the heart is steady and gains or losses don't eat at it.
  2. The wise are not confusedSeeing what matters and what doesn't, they are not led astray.
  3. The brave do not fearWhat needs doing, they do, without fear.

I · Growing Through HardshipLearning is where a life turns

01To Learn, and to Practise02At Fifteen I Set My Heart on Learning03I Was Poor When Young04An Elbow for a Pillow05Not Eating to the Full06So Eager He Forgets to Eat07Should I Act at Once?08Broad Shoulders, a Long Road

II · Family, Friends and SocietyFamily, friendship and our part in the world

09More Than Feeding Your Parents10Would Your Heart Be at Ease?11Three Friends Who Help, Three Who Harm12Four Stages of Friendship13What You Would Not Want14Wealth and Rank15Tell Me Your Wishes16Doing It Though It Can't Be Done

III · The Beauty of a Cultured LifePoetry, ritual, music and the joy of living

17A Person Is Not a Tool18Set on the Way, at Play in the Arts19Poetry, Ritual, Music20Substance and Style in Balance21Friends Who Help You Grow22Three Months Without Tasting Meat23I'm with Dian

IV · Between Heaven and HumanityFacing death, knowing heaven's mandate, a life made whole

24Not Yet Knowing Life25Sacrifice as if Present26Hearing the Way in the Morning27No One Else to Pray To28Heaven Knows Me29Want Goodness, and It Is Here30One Thread Runs Through

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