Extrapolating the Analects
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sathorConfucian Laws of a Superior One
I: The superior one bends their attention to the radical.
II: Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
III: If one be not grave, one will not call forth any veneration, and one's learning will not be solid.
IV: Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
V: Have no friends not equal to oneself.
VI: When one has faults, do not fear to abandon them.
VII: When the parties upon whom one leans are proper persons to be intimate with, one can make them one's guides and masters.
VIII: The superior one will not be afflicted at others not knowing them; They will be afflicted that they do not know others.
I: The Superior One Bends Their Attention to the Radical
In the history of our documented world, it becomes apparent eventually that there are at least two reasons that the words of a great many people have survived the ages.
At first, one sees the proliferation of their works. Without physical copy, and a great many, surviving the passage of time is unlikely.
And secondly, one finds that it is almost without exception that a person without the attribute of radical survives.
Thus one can safely conclude that the chances of ones survival temporal increases with an increase of these attributes, and decreases inversely.
It is in study of the radical that the superior one finds ideas that hold a great deal of power. They hold the power to sway masses one way or another with ease. They also hold the power of keeping a people divided, more easily controlled, and it is only through the uniting, not dividing, that the people will one day take hold of their destinies as autonomous and benevolent reflections of heaven. It is therefore important to remember that the radical can be abused for good, and for evil.
I: The superior one bends their attention to the radical.
II: Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
III: If one be not grave, one will not call forth any veneration, and one's learning will not be solid.
IV: Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
V: Have no friends not equal to oneself.
VI: When one has faults, do not fear to abandon them.
VII: When the parties upon whom one leans are proper persons to be intimate with, one can make them one's guides and masters.
VIII: The superior one will not be afflicted at others not knowing them; They will be afflicted that they do not know others.
I: The Superior One Bends Their Attention to the Radical
In the history of our documented world, it becomes apparent eventually that there are at least two reasons that the words of a great many people have survived the ages.
At first, one sees the proliferation of their works. Without physical copy, and a great many, surviving the passage of time is unlikely.
And secondly, one finds that it is almost without exception that a person without the attribute of radical survives.
Thus one can safely conclude that the chances of ones survival temporal increases with an increase of these attributes, and decreases inversely.
It is in study of the radical that the superior one finds ideas that hold a great deal of power. They hold the power to sway masses one way or another with ease. They also hold the power of keeping a people divided, more easily controlled, and it is only through the uniting, not dividing, that the people will one day take hold of their destinies as autonomous and benevolent reflections of heaven. It is therefore important to remember that the radical can be abused for good, and for evil.
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