The Analects

Zi Lu on the Paradox of Learning: The Anxiety of Unpracticed Knowledge

That Which May Be Heard: Zi Gong on the Master’s Profound Silence

Confucius on the Ideal and the Reality: The Difficulty of Practicing the Golden Rule

The Wisdom of Zi Gong: The Positive Form of the Golden Rule

Confucius on the Paradox of Strength: How Desire Prevents True Firmness

Does a Truly Unbending Man Exist? A Lament by Confucius

Confucius on the Evolution of Judgment: From Trusting Words to Observing Actions

Confucius on the Unteachable Student: Rotten Wood and a Wall of Earth

Confucius’s Astonishing Admission: “I Grant You, We Are Not Equal to Him”

The Wisdom of Zi Gong: “How Dare I Compare Myself with Hui?”

Who Is the Better Disciple? A Question Confucius Posed to Zi Gong

Girt in His Sash: The Diplomat’s Talent in the Eyes of Confucius

Confucius on the Capable Administrator: Governing Talent Versus Moral Completion

Confucius on Talent and Virtue: The General Who May Not Be a Sage

What Does It Mean to Be Perfectly Virtuous? A Question Posed to Confucius