The Master was wishing to go and live among the nine wild tribes of the east.
Someone said, “They are rude. How can you do such a thing?” The Master said, “If a superior man dwelt among them, what rudeness would there be?”
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The paradigmatic Chinese sage expounds on leading an ethical and fulfilled life.
The Master was wishing to go and live among the nine wild tribes of the east.
Someone said, “They are rude. How can you do such a thing?” The Master said, “If a superior man dwelt among them, what rudeness would there be?”