Extreme is my decay. For a long time, I have not dreamed, as I was wont to do, that I saw the duke of Zhou.
甚矣吾衰也！久矣吾不复梦见周公。
Source: The Analects, Shu Er VII, Chapter 5
Author: Confucius
“Extreme is My Decay”: The Humble Reflection of an Ageing Sage
Extreme is my decay. For a long time, I have not dreamed, as I was wont to do, that I saw the duke of Zhou.
甚矣吾衰也！久矣吾不复梦见周公。
Source: The Analects, Shu Er VII, Chapter 5
Author: Confucius
