Chapter 234: Perverse Character
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?
Those who read are the holy ways, read the holy books (words), respect the heavens and the earth, and are the sages.
You can be called disciples of the sages, but none of you have read the books of the sages. No one really knows the truth, whether it is "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" or "heart for heaven and earth, life for the people; For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace", are you just a joke? Orthodox Confucianism can't learn from home, but it regards those flies and dogs, and the dirty methods of treachery as the foundation of their existence, and they still regard it as beauty, boasting that they have no last resort and clever means. To be old and not to die is to be a thief, and a lot of age has lived to a dog. What kind of scholar do you think you are?