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Confucius Analects – 4 Stages of Virtue

01/01/2013
01/01/2013

15.13 Four stages of virtue (knowing, abiding, applying, integrating)

子曰、知及之、仁不能守之、雖得之、必失之。

知及之、仁能守之、不莊以蒞之、則民不敬。

知及之、仁能守之、 莊以蒞之、動之不以禮、未善也。

The Master said, ‘When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

‘When his knowledge is sufficient to attain, and he has virtue enough to hold fast, if he cannot govern with dignity, the people will not respect him.

‘When his knowledge is sufficient to attain, and he has virtue enough to hold fast; when he governs also with dignity, yet if he try to move the people contrary to the rules of propriety:– full excellence is not reached.’

* * *

1st stage: knowing (understanding, thinking, talking)

2nd stage: abiding (holding the core intentions)

3rd stage: applying (in worldily roles)

4th stage: integrating (within propriety, in harmony with prevailing situation)

At the first stage, one knows what is and not virtue.  At second stage, one not only knows about it, but can abide in it in one’s individual life.  At third stage, one expands the practice of virtue from isolated individual to interacting with others through various worldly roles. At final stage, one succeeds in aligning with virtue without contradicting with propriety and prevailing social standards, e.g. final stage of life of Confucius.

Therefore, first stage practitioners are scholars, second stage practitioners are hermits and experts of the internal world, third stage practitioners are socialists and Bodhisattvas (masters of the internal world seeking to help the world); forth stage practitioners are full enlightened masters of internal and external worlds.

Tags: 4 stages of virtue, abiding, applying, integrating, knowing
2 Comments/in Chinese Philosophy, Confucianism, Online Class, Spiritual Cultivation /by Derek
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2 replies
  1. 妮基 says:
    01/04/2013 at 11:30

    “…second stage practitioners are hermits and experts of the internal world..”

    Are you implying (above quote) that it is necessary to embrace a hermit’s life at some stage in one’s life in order to develop one’s self more fully/ completely?

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    • Derek says:
      01/04/2013 at 15:32

      An focused intention at one’s self is sufficient. Hermit type of life is suitable only if one has completed the worldly roles, and consciousness has reach a very advanced level. For example, Jesus and Buddha did went through a period of time in solitude in desert and forest respectively. For most practitioners, short retreats will do for rejuvenation, studies, and practices. I suggest listening to and following the universal flow in this topic.

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