Tsze-chang having asked how virtue was to be exalted, and delusions to be discovered, the Master said, "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles, and be moving continually to what is right, this is the way to exalt one's virtue.Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
"You love a man and wish him to live; you hate him and wish him to die. Having wished him to live, you also wish him to die. This is a case of delusion.
"It may not be on account of her being rich, yet you come to make a difference."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Chapter 12, Part 10 - Confucius
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