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  • Confucius Analects – Rush and you won’t arrive

Confucius Analects – Rush and you won’t arrive

05/07/2013
05/07/2013

13.2 Do things thoroughly, avoid the temptation of seeking quick and minute advantages

子夏為莒父宰、問政。子曰、無欲速、無見小利。欲速則不達、 見小利則大事不成。

Zixia, being governor of Chu-fu, asked about government. The Master said, ‘Do not be desirous to have things done quickly; do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.’

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When we grow flower, rushing it to grow by pulling it up will kill it; harvesting immaturely will prevent you from seeing the full blossom.    Impatient decisions are prone to mistakes, lost sight in short-term gain limits one’s long term development and outcome.  These errors can be readily seen not only in gardening and government, but also in personal relationships, workplace, business, and even in personal study and development.  Stay centered and unmoved from one’s rushingness and short-sightingness.  Aim big, stay put, and be patient, and we will see our flowers blossom.

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Confucius Analects – Superior Man vs. Mean Man (1)

08/21/2012
08/21/2012

2.8 The superior man concerns the whole and does not compare. The mean man compares and does not concern the whole.’

-> Superior man sees the benefit of all and live his life towards it, Mean man is self-centered, busy comparing him/herself with others, and live his/her live only on one’s own interest.

4.4 The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain.’

-> Having know the benefit of all, a superior man see what is right and what is wrong (towards the collective good); the mean man strives for gain regardless of morality and the collective.

7.6 The superior man is composed and at ease; the mean man is always nervous and distress.’

-> When one aligns his/her live to the collective good, he is at peace internally.  While when one is stuck in one’s self-interest and center, he/she is stuck in the nervousness of competition, and distress of attacks and revenge from others.

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Discussion:

Confucius introduced the concepts of Superior Man and Mean man.  Superior man is the ideal he calls us to follow, one who see and aligns one’s life towards the collective good; and the Mean man, the inherent animal and self-centered tendencies that focus on selfish gains from others and the world.  In these first three chapters, Confucius called us to see the collective good, aligned with the collective right, which leads to internal peace.  Next three chapters on Superior man and Mean to be continued next week.

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