Mencius said: "Talk is easy when you don't have to get the job done."
孟子曰：“人之易其言也，無責耳矣。” (7.22; 4A.22)
孟子曰：“人之易其言也，無責耳矣。” (7.22; 4A.22)
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But by the same token, if "大學之道在明明德,在親民,在止於至善。", what shall we do if the modern beurocratic state is incapable of so personal an act as 親, and what effect will their actions have, both upon the rulers and the ruled, being that 親 and 孝 are absent?
Posted by: Tim Hallett | August 28, 2009 at 07:11 PM
This line made my day! I just can not help but laugh!
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