Month: September 2012
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Mid Autumn Festival – 中秋节
Mid Autumn Festival, or Full Moon Festival, is an important time in the Chinese calender. Like Thanksgiving Holiday in the US, Chinese would go home, get together with family, eat moon cake, and enjoy the full moon. It’s time for some family warmth! Happy Mid-autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐! 中秋节快乐!
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Confucius Analects – seek to understand – 孔子论语 – 不患人之不己知、患不知人也。
1.7 Seek to understand others 子曰、不患人之不己知、患不知人也。 The Master said, ‘I will not be afflicted at men’s not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.’ -> With our diverse backgrounds and goals, we act, think, and behave differently. It is normal that we don’t understand others very well. Therefore, do not…
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Confucius Analects – who love to learn? speech vs. action – 孔子论语 – 先行其言、而後從之。
1.6 Characteristics of man who love learning 子曰、君子食無求飽、居無求安、敏於事、而慎於言、就有道、而正焉、可謂好學也已。 The Master said, ‘He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he seek the appliances of ease; he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his…
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Confucius Analects – attitudes and conducts of a learnt person, handling mistakes – 孔子论语 – 過則勿憚改
子曰、君子不重、則不威、學則不固。主忠信。無友不如己者。過則勿憚改。 The Master said, ‘If the scholar be not prudent, he will not build authority, and his learning will not be solid. Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Treat friends as if they are yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.’ -> A learnt man is prudent, treat every speech…
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Confucius Analects – expectation of self (reflect daily) – 孔子论语 – 吾日三省吾身
1.2 Three things to reflect daily 曾子曰、吾日三省吾身、為人謀、而不忠乎、與朋友交、而不信乎、傳不習乎。 The philosopher Zeng [Tsang] said, ‘I daily examine myself on three points:– whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;– whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;– whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher.’…