Sublime

8. The Master said, ‘I never enlighten anyone who has not been driven to distraction by trying to understand a difficulty or who has not got into a frenzy trying to put his ideas into words. ‘When I have pointed out one corner of a square to anyone and he does not come back with the other three, I will not point it out to him a second time.

sages accumulate nothing but the more they do for others the greater their existence the more they give to others the greater their abundance

1. The Master said, ‘Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals? Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar? Is it not gentlemanly not to take offence when others fail to appreciate your abilities?’

Confucius insistait sur le rôle des bonnes manières semblables à l’huile qui assure le bon fonctionnement des rouages de la société. Il est logique que dans les sociétés mues par un idéal collectif, les bonnes manières et les rituels soient de la plus haute importance alors que dans les sociétés basées sur la compétitivité, les manières ne sont