Philosophy
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1 day agoBell Reviews Bruya and Li, trans., Dialogues of Confucius
A new translation of Confucius' Dialogues reveals deeper insights into his life and the Confucian tradition.
夫可規以利而可諫以言者，皆愚陋恆民之謂耳。。。。今丘告我以大城眾民，是欲規我以利而恆民畜我也，安可久長也？今長大美好，人見而悅之者，此吾父母之遺德也。丘雖不吾譽，吾獨不自知邪？ Anyone who can be regulated with promises of profit and admonished with slick words is what I would call a stupid, ignorant, ordinary sort of person....When you tell me all about the great territory and multitude of subjects I will have, you are trying to regulate me with promises of profit and make me tame like an ordinary person. How could any of that last?