The Cup Without Corners: Confucius’s Lament for a World Where Names Lose Their Meaning

By / / criticism, form, paradox, rectification of names, ritual, society, substance, The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Yong Ye VI Chapter 25
Confucius sighed: A cornered vessel without corners – what a strange cornered vessel!

A cornered vessel without corners – a strange cornered vessel! A strange cornered vessel!

觚不觚，觚哉！觚哉！

Source: The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Chapter 25

Author: Confucius

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