The Useless Assistant: Confucius’s Parable of the Guide Who Doesn’t Guide

By / / assistant, duty, Ji Shi XVI, metaphor, responsibility, The Analects, warning
Confucius asked: “What use is a guide who doesn’t support the blind when they totter or fall?”

What use is a guide who doesn’t support the tottering or raise up the fallen?

危而不持，颠而不扶，则将焉用彼相矣？

Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 1

Author: Confucius

Related Posts

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Scroll to Top