Confucius and his disciple. Source: story of Yan stealing rice. Original: the Confucius museum Here is the original Chinese text by Confucius, for reference: 顏淵問仁。子曰、克己復禮爲仁、一日克己復禮、天下歸仁焉、爲仁由己、而由人乎哉。顏淵曰、請問其目。子曰、非禮勿視、非禮勿聽、非禮勿言、非禮勿動。顏淵曰、回雖不敏、請事斯語矣。 Here are 2 translations: Charles Muller’s and James Legge’s. Below is my own translation and interpretation (I used https://www.trainchinese.com and read around the subject.) Yan Yuan inquired about benevolence. The… Continue reading A discussion of Confucius’ view of benevolence: Part 1