- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months ago
Filial piety and fraternal submission!— are they not the root of all benevolent actions?'Man. Right from the get go we have Dentological family ethics : No explanation Why and how .
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoI 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.'
Intresting emphasis on honesty , even with friends .
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoThe Master said, 'A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all, and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies
... It seems there's more than just Strict family and social role and hard work .
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months ago'If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his learning will not be solid. 2. 'Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. 3. 'Have no friends not equal to yourself. 4. 'When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.'
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months ago'While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial.'
... Such intense traditionalism in the name of parents .. I forget they had ancestor worship there at the time.
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoThe Master said, 'He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.'
... It's quite known regarding the concept of the "Mandate of Heaven" , but I Never thought rulers were also supposed to be role
models for others . - Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoThe Master said, 'If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame. 2. 'If they be led by virtue, and uniformity sought to be given them by the rules of propriety, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good.'
such strong clash with common sense , but not entirely unexpected. Many Eastern Cultures have an elevated sense of ethics, and bellive that life revolves around
them."Law and order" are the vititious status quo, not rights. - Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoSoon after, as Fan Ch'ih was driving him, the Master told him, saying, 'Mang-sun asked me what filial piety was, and I answered him,— "not being disobedient."' 3. Fan Ch'ih said, 'What did you mean?' The Master replied, 'That parents, when alive, be served according to propriety; that, when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that they should be sacrificed to according to propriety.'
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoTsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able to do something in the way of support;— without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other?
Again with the strict dentology.. with a strong implacative comparision too .
- Adam Smithhas quoted4 months agoTsze-hsia asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The difficulty is with the countenance. If, when their elders have any troublesome affairs, the young take the toil of them, and if, when the young have wine and food, they set them before their elders, is THIS to be considered filial piety?'