Articles tagged with: Confucius
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Storyteller: Today I will tell a story about a world-wide popular idiom. According to wikipedia, there are at least 29 different versions of this idiom in different languages. The English version is: “Pot calling the kettle black”.
50 steps laughing at 100 steps
During the Warring States Period of China, there was a king in the state of Liang. He liked to drive his people into war fighting with neighboring states. One day, he met Mencius, and asked: “As a king, I think I govern the state fairly well. If there is …
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Storyteller: Around 2,500 years ago, in ancient China, it was the time of Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period. Although it was wrought with chaos and bloody battles, it is also known as the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy because various thoughts and ideas were developed and discussed freely, an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China. There are “Hundred Schools of Thought”, and some of them don’t respect the Confucius as others do. Here is one example.
Confucius puzzled by kids – by LieZi
Confucius was traveling …


