Wittgenstein's MonsterSep 28

📜 This Day in History – Sept 28
Confucius was born.
So I wrote him a poem.
A little sass. A little homage. A lotta truth.

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Filial Piety? Seriously, Bro?

Filial piety is the root of humaneness.
What is this—pubescence?

Come on, Kung Fuzi,
That one's a doozy,
And not in keeping with junzi.

Because I must rebel—
It’s best when I yell!
(But, okay… not at mom and my pop.)

#poetry #Confucius #Analects #Satire #SubstackSoon #FilialPiety #Philosophy

Gleanings in Buddha FieldsDec 5, 2024

It was a cutthroat time in Chinese history, and Confucius wanted no part in it. #Confucianism #Analects #Politics #StarTrek #Klingon

http://nembutsu.cc/2024/12/05/withdrawing/

Withdrawing

Kang: “Only a fool fights in a burning house.” Star Trek, “Day of the Dove” (s3ep11), stardate unknown  Ever since … recent events, I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot. &#822…

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields
Matteo GiglioliJan 13, 2023
The Master said, 'I do not see how a man can be acceptable who is untrustworthy in word? When a pin is missing in the yoke-bar of a large cart or the collar-bar of a small cart, how can the cart be expected to go?' #Analects II.22 (D.C. Lau transl., 1979)