Confucius and The Book of Changes

TodaywelookatanotherbookConfuciusworkedon,whichI'msureisnotnewtomanyofyouasabookofdivination:TheBookofChangesInancienttime...

Confucius and the Book of Songs

Let's delve into one of Confucius' remarkable contributions: The Book of Songs. In ancient China, poetry thrived, with countless works emerging over the years. The government continuously collected and classified these poems, preserving some while discarding others. From this process, The Bo...

Confucius' sorting out the ancient classics

In a time of war and chaos, many of China's precious classics suffered damage or were lost. Recognizing this, Confucius took the initiative to classify these ancient texts and even compiled his own textbooks when there was a shortage of educational resources.During his travels to various states,...

Confucius' view on consumption

Aswehavesaidbefore,theChinesearefondofmoderation,whichisreflectedinmanyaspects,andofcourse,consumptionisnoexception,ascanbeseenfrom&...

Confucius' view on distributing social wealth

While we've talked a lot about Confucius' views on economics, there's one very famous assertion that still hasn't been mentioned, and that's this quote from Confucius: Inequality rather than want is the cause of trouble.In distributing social wealth, Confucius stood for equity, i...

Confucius' view on commodity circulation

Last week we chatted about Confucius' thoughts on sustainability, which might be a bit too modern, now let's take it back to the style of 3,000 years ago ...In commodity circulation, Confucius stood for the abolition of tax posts at intervals along routes, while advocating free trade; and op...

Confucius' idea about sustainability

Last week we talked about some of Confucius' insights about agricultural production, but he actually had a more modern idea: sustainability. Surprised? The truth is that everything that is happening today was traced thousands of years ago.Confucius developed his own ideas in sustainable developm...

Confucius' economic viewpoints

Confucius seldom dwelled on issues related to the economy, but this does not mean that he had no economic viewpoints of his own.In terms of production, Confucius proposed keeping abreast with farming seasons and rational utilization of resources. He reiterated that the state should make use of the s...

Confucius advocated the Doctrine of the Mean

If there were three sequential options right now, the Chinese would most likely choose the one in the middle - that's how the Chinese joke about themselves. Unsurprisingly, this is also related to the thinking of Confucius, but in fact it is never as simple as "choosing the middle".Con...

Confucius' methods of study as well as of observation and analysis

Do you know Confucius' methods of study as well as of observation and analysis? Amazingly, even measured by today's standards, they also conform to objective laws of learning.Confucius advanced four methods of study:1. more questions and observations;2. learning from others whenever and wher...

Confucius divided people into four groups

Confucius divided people into four groups: those born with knowledge; those who have acquired knowledge through learning; those who have developed the desire to learn after encountering difficulties in life; and those who refuse to learn even in the face of difficulties. He never made complimentary...

Confucius: Believe in personal cultivation and virtues

People say that the Chinese have no religion, and in most cases this is not wrong. The Chinese believe in human character more than in fate, and such qualities are also the legacy of Confucius.In his remarks, although Confucius referred to ming as well as ghosts and deities many times, he did not qu...