LGGC66H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Filial Piety, Zhong You, Bu Shang
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The master said, to know is not comparable to loving it; to love it is not comparable to enjoying it. The master said: to eat coarse food, drink water, and rest one"s head in the crook of one"s bent arm-joy also lies therein. Wealth and rank attained through unrighteous mean are like floating clouds to me. The duke of she asked zilu about confucius. The master said, why did you not say: he is so passionate that he forgets to eat, his joy makes him forget his worries, and he is not aware that old age is upon hum" and the like? . A bamboo basket of rice, a ladle of water, and living in a meager alley-other people could not bear such misery, yet hui never abandons his joy. Once the roots are established, the way will grow. Filial piety and brotherly obedience are the roots of humanity.
