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The primacy of a love and joy in the Dao is explicit.

But what is clear is that the biggest barrier to cultivating Ren is ones love and passion for cultivation and learning rather than intelligence. And, while following the Way, or the truth, might not result in immediate or material gain, Confucius showed that it could nevertheless bring its own powerful and lasting spiritual rewards. The Analects is ambiguous on whether all individuals have the faculties to cultivate Ren. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one’s fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual’s supreme goal. While a formal education was certainly valuable, the text seems to place a stress on the continued pursuit of knowledge and wisdom as a means of constantly bettering oneself.

Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. The Analects places an importance on learning but this should not be mistaken for education in the formal sense. The Analects are a collection of Confucius’s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. The Haihunhou tomb, the best-preserved cemetery from the Western Han Dynasty, belonged to Emperor Liu He, who was dethroned after 27 days - the shortest reign of any Western Han monarch - because of his debauchery and licentious lifestyle.‘The Master said, “If a man sets his heart on benevolence, he will be free from evil”’ The archaeologists will continue to confirm the content on the bamboo slips through formal interpretation. The Qi Lun was lost during Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) according to historical records.

The Qi version of The Analects of Confucius ( Qi Lun), which had been lost for about 1,800 years, was suspiciously found in bamboo slips unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb, after the first round of infrared scanning, according to Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.ĭuring the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), The Analects of Confucius was divided into three versions, including Qi Lun, Gu Lun and Lu Lun. Experts study the bamboo slips unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb in Jiangxi province.

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