
Sensible Minds of Historical past: Confucius
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Alliances had been made<00:01:44.560> and<00:01:44.799> damaged<00:01:45.200> in<00:01:45.439> the<00:01:45.680> identical<00:01:45.840> breath.<00:01:46.799> A made and damaged in the identical breath. A made and damaged in the identical breath. A single<00:01:47.360> unsuitable<00:01:47.759> verb<00:01:48.320> used<00:01:48.560> at<00:01:48.799> a<00:01:48.960> nobleman’s single unsuitable verb used at a nobleman’s single unsuitable verb used at a nobleman’s dinner<00:01:49.840> desk,<00:01:50.399> a<00:01:50.640> poorly<00:01:51.040> chosen<00:01:51.520> phrase, dinner desk, a poorly chosen phrase, dinner desk, a poorly chosen phrase, might<00:01:52.560> genuinely<00:01:53.119> value<00:01:53.439> you<00:01:53.600> your<00:01:53.840> head.<00:01:54.560> Into might genuinely value you your head. Into might genuinely value you your head.
Into this<00:01:55.119> mastrom<00:01:55.680> of<00:01:55.920> violence<00:01:56.320> and this mastrom of violence and this mastrom of violence and uncertainty,<00:01:57.439> a<00:01:57.680> boy<00:01:57.920> named<00:01:58.320> Kungchu<00:01:59.119> is<00:01:59.360> born uncertainty, a boy named Kungchu is born uncertainty, a boy named Kungchu is born in<00:01:59.920> 551<00:02:00.960> BC.<00:02:02.079> We<00:02:02.320> know<00:02:02.479> him<00:02:02.719> higher<00:02:02.960> by<00:02:03.200> his in 551 BC. We all know him higher by his in 551 BC. We all know him higher by his latinized<00:02:04.320> identify,<00:02:04.960> Confucious.<00:02:06.240> His latinized identify, Confucious. His latinized identify, Confucious.
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His household scenario<00:02:22.640> was<00:02:22.879> precarious<00:02:23.520> from<00:02:23.760> the<00:02:24.000> begin. scenario was precarious from the beginning. scenario was precarious from the beginning. His<00:02:25.040> father<00:02:25.280> was<00:02:25.520> a<00:02:25.680> 70-year-old<00:02:26.560> retired His father was a 70-year-old retired His father was a 70-year-old retired soldier<00:02:27.680> who<00:02:27.920> had<00:02:28.080> turn out to be<00:02:28.319> a<00:02:28.560> minor<00:02:28.879> native soldier who had turn out to be a minor native soldier who had turn out to be a minor native governor<00:02:30.000> and<00:02:30.239> he<00:02:30.400> already<00:02:30.720> had<00:02:30.959> 9<00:02:31.280> different governor and he already had 9 different governor and he already had 9 different youngsters<00:02:31.920> from<00:02:32.080> a<00:02:32.319> earlier<00:02:32.720> spouse.<00:02:33.760> Kong’s youngsters from a earlier spouse. Kong’s youngsters from a earlier spouse.
Kong’s mom<00:02:34.800> was<00:02:34.959> a<00:02:35.200> teenager.<00:02:36.160> This<00:02:36.400> fragile mom was a youngster. This fragile mom was a youngster. This fragile association<00:02:37.599> shattered<00:02:38.080> when<00:02:38.319> his<00:02:38.480> father association shattered when his father association shattered when his father died.<00:02:39.680> Kong<00:02:40.160> was<00:02:40.319> solely<00:02:40.640> 3<00:02:40.879> years<00:02:41.200> previous.<00:02:42.000> With died. Kong was solely 3 years previous.
With died. Kong was solely 3 years previous. With the<00:02:42.400> patriarch<00:02:43.040> gone,<00:02:43.680> any<00:02:43.920> declare<00:02:44.239> to<00:02:44.480> the the patriarch gone, any declare to the the patriarch gone, any declare to the household’s<00:02:45.120> land<00:02:45.440> or<00:02:45.680> standing<00:02:46.319> evaporated.<00:02:47.599> His household’s land or standing evaporated. His household’s land or standing evaporated.
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Lesson one, life<00:03:01.599> is<00:03:01.920> fragile<00:03:02.400> and<00:03:02.720> brutally<00:03:03.280> quick. life is fragile and brutally quick. life is fragile and brutally quick. Lesson<00:03:05.040> two,<00:03:06.000> the<00:03:06.239> proper<00:03:06.480> phrases<00:03:06.800> and<00:03:07.040> the Lesson two, the appropriate phrases and the Lesson two, the appropriate phrases and the appropriate<00:03:07.440> behaviors. proper behaviors. proper behaviors.
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type of armor. They will maintain you alive. In<00:03:17.360> the<00:03:17.440> state<00:03:17.680> of<00:03:17.840> Lou,<00:03:18.480> most<00:03:18.800> boys<00:03:19.120> from<00:03:19.440> poor Within the state of Lou, most boys from poor Within the state of Lou, most boys from poor households<00:03:20.159> had been<00:03:20.480> already<00:03:20.879> half<00:03:21.040> of<00:03:21.200> the households had been already a part of the households had been already a part of the workforce<00:03:21.920> by<00:03:22.159> the<00:03:22.319> time<00:03:22.400> they<00:03:22.640> hit<00:03:22.879> their workforce by the point they hit their workforce by the point they hit their early<00:03:23.440> teenagers.<00:03:24.480> Their<00:03:24.720> days<00:03:25.120> consumed<00:03:25.680> with early teenagers. Their days consumed with early teenagers.
Their days consumed with chasing<00:03:26.400> pigs,<00:03:27.120> hauling<00:03:27.599> water,<00:03:28.159> or chasing pigs, hauling water, or chasing pigs, hauling water, or sprucing<00:03:29.040> bronze<00:03:29.519> vessels<00:03:30.000> for<00:03:30.159> the sprucing bronze vessels for the sprucing bronze vessels for the rich.<00:03:31.519> Their<00:03:31.840> training<00:03:32.480> was<00:03:32.720> over.<00:03:33.920> However rich. Their training was over. However rich. Their training was over.
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The rejections had been fixed and brutal. At<00:10:02.880> numerous<00:10:03.360> checkpoints<00:10:03.920> and<00:10:04.160> palace At numerous checkpoints and palace At numerous checkpoints and palace gates,<00:10:05.360> he<00:10:05.600> was<00:10:05.760> informed<00:10:06.000> the<00:10:06.240> identical<00:10:06.480> factor.<00:10:07.440> Your gates, he was informed the identical factor. Your gates, he was informed the identical factor. Your high-minded<00:10:08.480> rituals<00:10:08.959> cannot<00:10:09.279> feed<00:10:09.600> troops<00:10:10.000> or high-minded rituals cannot feed troops or high-minded rituals cannot feed troops or win<00:10:10.560> battles.<00:10:11.519> He<00:10:11.760> would<00:10:11.920> fireplace<00:10:12.240> again<00:10:12.560> with<00:10:12.720> his win battles.
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Each slammed Confucious was relentless. Each slammed door,<00:10:58.240> each<00:10:58.560> insult,<00:10:59.440> each<00:10:59.760> rejection door, each insult, each rejection door, each insult, each rejection merely<00:11:01.120> grew to become<00:11:01.519> new<00:11:01.839> materials<00:11:02.320> for<00:11:02.640> his<00:11:02.880> subsequent merely grew to become new materials for his subsequent merely grew to become new materials for his subsequent lesson.<00:11:04.000> Gasoline<00:11:04.399> for<00:11:04.640> the<00:11:04.800> future<00:11:05.279> bamboo lesson. Gasoline for the longer term bamboo lesson. Gasoline for the longer term bamboo scroll<00:11:06.480> TED<00:11:06.800> talks<00:11:07.279> that<00:11:07.519> his<00:11:07.760> college students<00:11:08.079> had been scroll TED talks that his college students had been scroll TED talks that his college students had been meticulously<00:11:09.040> recording.<00:11:09.920> So,<00:11:10.160> what<00:11:10.320> was meticulously recording.
So, what was meticulously recording. So, what was this<00:11:10.800> harmful<00:11:11.360> code<00:11:11.760> he<00:11:12.000> was<00:11:12.160> instructing?<00:11:13.120> The this harmful code he was instructing? The this harmful code he was instructing? The primary<00:11:13.600> pillar<00:11:14.000> was<00:11:14.160> deceptively<00:11:14.959> easy, first pillar was deceptively easy, first pillar was deceptively easy, household.<00:11:17.120> Why<00:11:17.360> did<00:11:17.519> he<00:11:17.680> obsess<00:11:18.160> so<00:11:18.399> a lot<00:11:18.560> over household.
Why did he obsess a lot over household. Why did he obsess a lot over honoring<00:11:19.360> your<00:11:19.600> mother and father<00:11:20.000> and<00:11:20.240> respecting honoring your mother and father and respecting honoring your mother and father and respecting your<00:11:21.040> elders?<00:11:22.160> As a result of<00:11:22.480> for<00:11:22.720> Confucious,<00:11:23.839> the your elders? As a result of for Confucious, the your elders? As a result of for Confucious, the household<00:11:24.480> unit<00:11:24.800> is<00:11:24.959> a<00:11:25.120> micro<00:11:25.600> state.<00:11:26.560> It<00:11:26.800> is<00:11:26.880> the household unit is a micro state.
It’s the household unit is a micro state. It’s the follow<00:11:27.519> floor<00:11:27.920> for<00:11:28.160> all<00:11:28.399> public<00:11:28.800> life.<00:11:29.839> If follow floor for all public life. If follow floor for all public life. In the event you<00:11:30.160> be taught<00:11:30.399> to<00:11:30.640> respect<00:11:31.040> your<00:11:31.279> father’s you be taught to respect your father’s you be taught to respect your father’s authority,<00:11:32.560> you<00:11:32.720> will<00:11:32.959> naturally<00:11:33.440> be taught<00:11:33.760> to authority, you’ll naturally be taught to authority, you’ll naturally be taught to respect<00:11:34.320> the<00:11:34.560> authority<00:11:34.959> of<00:11:35.120> the<00:11:35.279> mayor<00:11:35.680> or respect the authority of the mayor or respect the authority of the mayor or the<00:11:36.079> ruler.<00:11:36.959> If<00:11:37.200> you<00:11:37.360> be taught<00:11:37.519> to<00:11:37.680> maintain<00:11:37.839> your the ruler.
In the event you be taught to maintain your the ruler. In the event you be taught to maintain your wedding ceremony<00:11:38.399> vows,<00:11:39.120> you<00:11:39.279> will<00:11:39.519> perceive<00:11:39.920> the marriage vows, you’ll perceive the marriage vows, you’ll perceive the sanctity<00:11:40.720> of<00:11:40.880> preserving<00:11:41.200> enterprise<00:11:41.600> contracts sanctity of preserving enterprise contracts sanctity of preserving enterprise contracts and<00:11:42.320> public<00:11:42.640> treaties.<00:11:43.519> He<00:11:43.760> rigorously<00:11:44.160> mapped and public treaties. He rigorously mapped and public treaties. He rigorously mapped out<00:11:44.720> what<00:11:44.959> he<00:11:45.120> referred to as<00:11:45.360> the<00:11:45.600> 5<00:11:45.920> key out what he referred to as the 5 key out what he referred to as the 5 key relationships.<00:11:47.519> Ruler<00:11:48.000> and<00:11:48.320> topic,<00:11:49.200> father relationships.
Ruler and topic, father relationships. Ruler and topic, father and<00:11:49.839> son,<00:11:50.640> husband<00:11:51.040> and<00:11:51.279> spouse,<00:11:52.000> elder<00:11:52.399> brother and son, husband and spouse, elder brother and son, husband and spouse, elder brother and<00:11:52.959> youthful<00:11:53.360> brother,<00:11:53.920> and<00:11:54.079> the and youthful brother, and the and youthful brother, and the connection<00:11:55.040> between<00:11:55.519> buddies.<00:11:56.800> Crucially, relationship between buddies. Crucially, relationship between buddies. Crucially, he<00:11:58.000> taught<00:11:58.320> that<00:11:58.480> every<00:11:58.720> of<00:11:58.880> these<00:11:59.279> got here<00:11:59.519> with he taught that every of those got here with he taught that every of those got here with mutual<00:12:00.320> duties<00:12:00.800> and<00:12:01.120> obligations,<00:12:02.560> not mutual duties and obligations, not mutual duties and obligations, not simply<00:12:03.200> one-way<00:12:03.760> instructions.<00:12:04.959> A<00:12:05.200> ruler<00:12:05.600> should<00:12:05.839> be simply one-way instructions.
A ruler should be simply one-way instructions. A ruler should be benevolent<00:12:06.639> to<00:12:06.880> earn<00:12:07.200> the<00:12:07.360> loyalty<00:12:07.839> of<00:12:08.000> his benevolent to earn the loyalty of his benevolent to earn the loyalty of his topic.<00:12:09.360> A<00:12:09.600> father<00:12:09.920> should<00:12:10.240> be<00:12:10.399> variety<00:12:10.720> to<00:12:10.959> earn topic. A father should be variety to earn topic. A father should be variety to earn the<00:12:11.440> respect<00:12:11.760> of<00:12:11.920> his<00:12:12.240> son.<00:12:13.279> It<00:12:13.519> was<00:12:13.600> a<00:12:13.760> radical the respect of his son.
It was a radical the respect of his son. It was a radical idea.<00:12:15.279> A<00:12:15.519> relationship<00:12:16.079> is<00:12:16.320> a<00:12:16.560> two-way idea. A relationship is a two-way idea. A relationship is a two-way avenue,<00:12:18.000> a<00:12:18.320> contract<00:12:18.720> of<00:12:19.040> mutual<00:12:19.519> obligation. avenue, a contract of mutual obligation.
avenue, a contract of mutual obligation. In<00:12:21.120> trendy<00:12:21.519> phrases,<00:12:22.240> what<00:12:22.399> he<00:12:22.639> had<00:12:22.959> designed In trendy phrases, what he had designed In trendy phrases, what he had designed was<00:12:23.680> the<00:12:23.839> world’s<00:12:24.240> first<00:12:24.560> open-source was the world’s first open-source was the world’s first open-source handbook<00:12:25.760> for<00:12:26.000> emotional<00:12:26.560> intelligence,<00:12:27.600> a handbook for emotional intelligence, a handbook for emotional intelligence, a full<00:12:28.320> 2,400<00:12:29.440> years<00:12:29.760> earlier than<00:12:30.079> it<00:12:30.320> grew to become<00:12:30.560> a full 2,400 years earlier than it grew to become a full 2,400 years earlier than it grew to become a buzzword<00:12:31.279> in<00:12:31.519> LinkedIn<00:12:32.079> webinars.<00:12:33.120> The buzzword in LinkedIn webinars. The buzzword in LinkedIn webinars. The second<00:12:33.600> pillar<00:12:33.920> of<00:12:34.079> his<00:12:34.240> code<00:12:34.560> was<00:12:34.800> lie,<00:12:35.680> a second pillar of his code was lie, a second pillar of his code was lie, an idea<00:12:36.320> usually<00:12:36.720> translated<00:12:37.279> as<00:12:37.519> rituals, idea usually translated as rituals, idea usually translated as rituals, ceremony,<00:12:38.800> or<00:12:39.040> propriety.<00:12:40.240> This<00:12:40.399> was<00:12:40.560> the ceremony, or propriety.
This was the ceremony, or propriety. This was the half<00:12:40.880> of<00:12:41.040> his<00:12:41.200> instructing<00:12:41.519> that<00:12:41.760> his a part of his instructing that his a part of his instructing that his contemporaries<00:12:42.880> discovered<00:12:43.200> best<00:12:43.680> to<00:12:43.920> mock.<00:12:44.880> A contemporaries discovered best to mock. A contemporaries discovered best to mock. A practical<00:12:45.680> pupil<00:12:46.000> as soon as<00:12:46.320> requested<00:12:46.560> him, pragmatic pupil as soon as requested him, pragmatic pupil as soon as requested him, “Grasp,<00:12:48.079> why<00:12:48.399> ought to<00:12:48.560> we<00:12:48.720> burn<00:12:49.040> a<00:12:49.200> completely “Grasp, why ought to we burn a superbly “Grasp, why ought to we burn a superbly good<00:12:49.839> sheep<00:12:50.160> on<00:12:50.320> an<00:12:50.560> ancestors<00:12:51.200> altar<00:12:51.519> when good sheep on an ancestors altar when good sheep on an ancestors altar when there<00:12:51.920> are<00:12:52.079> peasants<00:12:52.480> ravenous<00:12:52.880> in<00:12:53.040> the there are peasants ravenous within the there are peasants ravenous within the streets?<00:12:54.000> It<00:12:54.160> was<00:12:54.320> a<00:12:54.480> honest<00:12:54.800> query.” streets?
It was a good query.” streets? It was a good query.” Confucious<00:12:56.560> shot<00:12:56.880> again<00:12:57.120> with<00:12:57.360> a<00:12:57.519> query<00:12:57.760> of Confucious shot again with a query of Confucious shot again with a query of his<00:12:58.160> personal.<00:12:58.959> Would<00:12:59.200> you<00:12:59.360> somewhat<00:12:59.680> maintain<00:12:59.839> the<00:13:00.079> sheep his personal. Would you somewhat maintain the sheep his personal. Would you somewhat maintain the sheep and<00:13:00.560> lose<00:13:00.800> the<00:13:01.040> which means?<00:13:01.680> His<00:13:02.160> level<00:13:02.399> was and lose the which means?
His level was and lose the which means? His level was profound.<00:13:03.839> Rituals,<00:13:04.480> he<00:13:04.720> argued,<00:13:05.440> are<00:13:05.680> the profound. Rituals, he argued, are the profound. Rituals, he argued, are the psychological<00:13:06.399> sticky<00:13:06.880> notes<00:13:07.279> for<00:13:07.519> our<00:13:07.760> most psychological sticky notes for our most psychological sticky notes for our most vital<00:13:08.639> values.<00:13:09.519> They<00:13:09.839> are<00:13:09.920> the<00:13:10.160> bodily vital values.
They’re the bodily vital values. They’re the bodily enactments<00:13:11.360> of<00:13:11.519> our<00:13:11.760> ethical<00:13:12.160> commitments.<00:13:13.200> If enactments of our ethical commitments. If enactments of our ethical commitments. In the event you<00:13:13.680> skip<00:13:13.920> the<00:13:14.160> rituals,<00:13:14.959> the<00:13:15.200> software program<00:13:15.680> of you skip the rituals, the software program of you skip the rituals, the software program of society<00:13:16.560> finally<00:13:17.120> turns into<00:13:17.600> corrupted. society finally turns into corrupted.
society finally turns into corrupted. And<00:13:18.880> he<00:13:19.120> meant<00:13:19.440> the whole lot<00:13:20.160> from<00:13:20.480> the<00:13:20.639> correct And he meant the whole lot from the right And he meant the whole lot from the right manner<00:13:21.120> to<00:13:21.279> bow<00:13:22.079> to<00:13:22.320> the<00:13:22.560> appropriate<00:13:22.880> seating solution to bow to the right seating solution to bow to the right seating association<00:13:23.760> at<00:13:24.000> a<00:13:24.160> wedding ceremony<00:13:24.720> to<00:13:24.959> the<00:13:25.200> particular association at a marriage to the particular association at a marriage to the particular music<00:13:26.079> performed<00:13:26.320> at<00:13:26.480> a<00:13:26.639> courtroom<00:13:26.959> operate.<00:13:28.000> He music performed at a courtroom operate. He music performed at a courtroom operate. He believed<00:13:28.560> that<00:13:28.800> when<00:13:29.040> these<00:13:29.360> small<00:13:29.760> formal believed that when these small formal believed that when these small formal actions<00:13:30.800> are<00:13:31.040> performed<00:13:31.200> with<00:13:31.519> sincerity,<00:13:32.560> they actions are performed with sincerity, they actions are performed with sincerity, they act<00:13:33.040> as<00:13:33.279> a<00:13:33.440> lubricant<00:13:34.000> for<00:13:34.160> the<00:13:34.320> gears<00:13:34.720> of act as a lubricant for the gears of act as a lubricant for the gears of each day<00:13:35.200> life.<00:13:36.000> They<00:13:36.240> construct<00:13:36.560> belief<00:13:36.880> and each day life.
They construct belief and each day life. They construct belief and understanding.<00:13:38.399> So,<00:13:38.560> we<00:13:38.800> do not<00:13:38.959> want<00:13:39.200> legal professionals understanding. So, we do not want legal professionals understanding. So, we do not want legal professionals and<00:13:40.000> contracts<00:13:40.480> for<00:13:40.800> each<00:13:41.120> single and contracts for each single and contracts for each single handshake.<00:13:42.560> Have<00:13:42.800> you<00:13:43.040> ever<00:13:43.279> held<00:13:43.519> a<00:13:43.680> door<00:13:43.920> for handshake.
Have you ever ever held a door for handshake. Have you ever ever held a door for a<00:13:44.399> stranger<00:13:45.040> and<00:13:45.360> acquired<00:13:45.760> a<00:13:45.920> grateful<00:13:46.480> smile a stranger and acquired a grateful smile a stranger and acquired a grateful smile in<00:13:47.200> return?<00:13:48.560> That<00:13:48.880> small,<00:13:49.360> nearly in return? That small, nearly in return? That small, nearly unconscious<00:13:50.639> alternate<00:13:51.040> of<00:13:51.360> goodwill<00:13:52.240> is<00:13:52.560> Lee unconscious alternate of goodwill is Lee unconscious alternate of goodwill is Lee in<00:13:53.360> motion.<00:13:54.560> It<00:13:54.880> is<00:13:54.959> an<00:13:55.200> historic<00:13:55.680> type<00:13:56.000> of in motion.
It’s an historic type of in motion. It’s an historic type of Wi-Fi<00:13:57.440> broadcasting<00:13:58.160> a<00:13:58.399> silent<00:13:58.959> invisible Wi-Fi broadcasting a silent invisible Wi-Fi broadcasting a silent invisible sign<00:14:00.000> of<00:14:00.240> mutual<00:14:00.720> respect<00:14:01.519> that<00:14:01.839> holds<00:14:02.160> a sign of mutual respect that holds a sign of mutual respect that holds a neighborhood<00:14:02.800> collectively.<00:14:03.680> The<00:14:03.920> third<00:14:04.160> pillar<00:14:04.560> was neighborhood collectively. The third pillar was neighborhood collectively. The third pillar was the<00:14:05.040> supreme<00:14:05.600> particular person<00:14:05.920> who<00:14:06.160> might<00:14:06.320> put<00:14:06.480> all<00:14:06.720> this the best one who might put all this the best one who might put all this into<00:14:07.199> follow.<00:14:07.839> The<00:14:08.079> junzi.<00:14:09.360> The<00:14:09.600> time period into follow.
The junzi. The time period into follow. The junzi. The time period actually<00:14:10.240> meant<00:14:10.560> ruler’s<00:14:11.199> son<00:14:11.519> or<00:14:11.839> nobleman. actually meant ruler’s son or nobleman.
actually meant ruler’s son or nobleman. However<00:14:12.959> Confucious<00:14:13.680> fully<00:14:14.160> redefined<00:14:14.800> it. However Confucious fully redefined it. However Confucious fully redefined it. For<00:14:15.760> him,<00:14:16.320> a<00:14:16.560> Junzi<00:14:17.120> was<00:14:17.279> not<00:14:17.519> somebody<00:14:17.839> born For him, a Junzi was not somebody born For him, a Junzi was not somebody born into<00:14:18.560> privilege,<00:14:19.279> however<00:14:19.519> a<00:14:19.760> grown-up<00:14:20.160> with into privilege, however a grown-up with into privilege, however a grown-up with morals,<00:14:21.360> a<00:14:21.600> superior<00:14:22.160> particular person<00:14:22.480> outlined<00:14:22.959> by morals, a superior particular person outlined by morals, a superior particular person outlined by their<00:14:23.519> character,<00:14:24.000> not<00:14:24.160> their<00:14:24.399> bloodline.<00:14:25.519> He their character, not their bloodline.
He their character, not their bloodline. He created<00:14:26.160> a<00:14:26.399> guidelines<00:14:26.880> for<00:14:27.040> this<00:14:27.279> new<00:14:27.519> supreme. created a guidelines for this new supreme. created a guidelines for this new supreme. A<00:14:28.639> Yonzi<00:14:29.120> is<00:14:29.360> humble,<00:14:30.000> prepared<00:14:30.320> to<00:14:30.480> be taught<00:14:30.720> from A Yonzi is humble, prepared to be taught from A Yonzi is humble, prepared to be taught from anybody,<00:14:31.760> even<00:14:32.000> a<00:14:32.160> peasant.<00:14:33.199> They<00:14:33.440> stay<00:14:33.839> calm anybody, even a peasant.
They continue to be calm anybody, even a peasant. They continue to be calm underneath<00:14:34.720> insult.<00:14:35.760> They<00:14:36.079> govern<00:14:36.399> others<00:14:37.120> by underneath insult. They govern others by underneath insult. They govern others by setting<00:14:37.760> a<00:14:37.920> virtuous<00:14:38.639> instance,<00:14:39.600> not<00:14:39.839> by setting a virtuous instance, not by setting a virtuous instance, not by issuing<00:14:40.560> threats.<00:14:41.519> And<00:14:41.760> most<00:14:42.079> importantly, issuing threats.
And most significantly, issuing threats. And most significantly, they<00:14:43.199> are<00:14:43.440> dedicated<00:14:43.760> to<00:14:43.920> a<00:14:44.160> lifelong<00:14:44.800> course of they’re dedicated to a lifelong course of they’re dedicated to a lifelong strategy of<00:14:45.519> self-improvement,<00:14:46.959> of<00:14:47.279> consistently of self-improvement, of continually of self-improvement, of continually self-p<00:14:48.320> sprucing<00:14:48.800> their<00:14:49.120> personal<00:14:49.360> character. self-p sprucing their very own character. self-p sprucing their very own character. The<00:14:50.480> reverse<00:14:50.720> of<00:14:50.880> the<00:14:51.040> Junzi<00:14:51.600> was<00:14:51.680> the The alternative of the Junzi was the The alternative of the Junzi was the Xiaoin,<00:14:52.639> the<00:14:52.880> petty<00:14:53.279> particular person.<00:14:54.000> This<00:14:54.240> is<00:14:54.320> the Xiaoin, the petty particular person.
That is the Xiaoin, the petty particular person. That is the particular person<00:14:54.720> who<00:14:54.959> is<00:14:55.199> all the time<00:14:55.440> blaming<00:14:55.839> others<00:14:56.160> for one who is all the time blaming others for one who is all the time blaming others for his or her<00:14:56.639> issues,<00:14:57.360> who<00:14:57.519> cuts<00:14:57.839> in<00:14:58.079> line,<00:14:58.639> who their issues, who cuts in line, who their issues, who cuts in line, who chases<00:14:59.360> social<00:14:59.680> media<00:15:00.079> clicks<00:15:00.399> and<00:15:00.639> fleeting chases social media clicks and fleeting chases social media clicks and fleeting fame,<00:15:01.920> who<00:15:02.079> acts<00:15:02.480> solely<00:15:02.720> out<00:15:02.959> of fame, who acts solely out of fame, who acts solely out of self-interest.<00:15:04.399> Sound<00:15:04.720> acquainted?<00:15:06.000> The self-interest. Sound acquainted? The self-interest.
Sound acquainted? The revolutionary<00:15:07.040> twist<00:15:07.360> in<00:15:07.600> his<00:15:07.839> philosophy revolutionary twist in his philosophy revolutionary twist in his philosophy was<00:15:08.959> that<00:15:09.199> junzi<00:15:09.839> standing<00:15:10.160> is<00:15:10.480> earned<00:15:11.279> not was that junzi standing is earned not was that junzi standing is earned not inherited.<00:15:12.959> Any<00:15:13.199> man<00:15:13.760> from<00:15:14.000> a<00:15:14.240> prince<00:15:14.480> to<00:15:14.639> a inherited. Any man from a prince to a inherited. Any man from a prince to a popper<00:15:15.760> might<00:15:16.079> try<00:15:16.399> to<00:15:16.639> turn out to be<00:15:16.959> a<00:15:17.120> junzi popper might try to turn out to be a junzi popper might try to turn out to be a junzi by means of<00:15:18.000> training<00:15:18.639> and<00:15:18.959> self-discipline. by means of training and self-discipline.
by means of training and self-discipline. It<00:15:20.480> was<00:15:20.560> the<00:15:20.800> world’s<00:15:21.199> first It was the world’s first It was the world’s first self-improvement<00:15:22.639> subscription<00:15:23.600> with<00:15:23.920> zero self-improvement subscription with zero self-improvement subscription with zero month-to-month<00:15:24.880> charges.<00:15:26.000> For<00:15:26.320> Confucious,<00:15:27.199> the<00:15:27.440> destiny month-to-month charges. For Confucious, the destiny month-to-month charges. For Confucious, the destiny of<00:15:27.920> a<00:15:28.160> nation<00:15:28.560> depended<00:15:29.120> completely<00:15:30.079> on<00:15:30.399> how of a rustic depended completely on how of a rustic depended completely on what number of<00:15:30.880> junzi<00:15:31.440> it<00:15:31.600> might<00:15:31.839> produce<00:15:32.240> and<00:15:32.560> place<00:15:32.880> in lots of junzi it might produce and place in lots of junzi it might produce and place in positions<00:15:33.680> of<00:15:33.920> energy.<00:15:34.959> The<00:15:35.199> tragedy,<00:15:36.000> as<00:15:36.240> he positions of energy.
The tragedy, as he positions of energy. The tragedy, as he found<00:15:36.880> all through<00:15:37.279> his<00:15:37.519> lengthy<00:15:37.839> exile, found all through his lengthy exile, found all through his lengthy exile, was<00:15:39.040> that<00:15:39.279> most<00:15:39.519> kings<00:15:40.000> nonetheless<00:15:40.240> most well-liked<00:15:40.720> to was that the majority kings nonetheless most well-liked to was that the majority kings nonetheless most well-liked to rent<00:15:41.279> their<00:15:41.519> incompetent<00:15:42.240> nephews<00:15:43.040> over<00:15:43.360> a rent their incompetent nephews over a rent their incompetent nephews over a reliable<00:15:44.160> commoner,<00:15:45.040> therefore<00:15:45.360> the<00:15:45.519> many<00:15:45.839> gaps competent commoner, therefore the various gaps competent commoner, therefore the various gaps on<00:15:46.320> his<00:15:46.560> personal<00:15:46.800> resume.<00:15:47.680> If<00:15:47.920> you<00:15:48.079> had<00:15:48.240> to<00:15:48.399> boil on his personal resume. In the event you needed to boil on his personal resume. In the event you needed to boil his<00:15:49.040> total<00:15:49.519> sprawling<00:15:50.160> philosophy<00:15:50.800> down<00:15:50.959> to his total sprawling philosophy all the way down to his total sprawling philosophy all the way down to a<00:15:51.440> single<00:15:51.680> sentence,<00:15:52.720> what<00:15:52.959> would<00:15:53.120> it<00:15:53.279> be? a single sentence, what wouldn’t it be?
a single sentence, what wouldn’t it be? When<00:15:54.880> requested<00:15:55.120> this<00:15:55.360> very<00:15:55.759> query, When requested this very query, When requested this very query, Confucious<00:15:56.959> supplied<00:15:57.279> a<00:15:57.519> easy<00:15:57.759> maxim.<00:15:58.639> Do Confucious supplied a easy maxim. Do Confucious supplied a easy maxim. Don’t<00:15:59.040> impose<00:15:59.519> on<00:15:59.759> others<00:16:00.160> what<00:16:00.399> you<00:16:00.639> do<00:16:00.800> not not impose on others what you don’t not impose on others what you don’t want<00:16:01.279> for<00:16:01.600> your self.<00:16:02.880> We<00:16:03.120> know<00:16:03.360> this<00:16:03.600> as we speak<00:16:03.839> as want for your self.
We all know this as we speak as want for your self. We all know this as we speak because the<00:16:04.320> golden<00:16:04.720> rule.<00:16:05.920> However<00:16:06.160> Confucious<00:16:06.800> was the golden rule. However Confucious was the golden rule. However Confucious was instructing<00:16:07.360> it<00:16:07.920> in<00:16:08.240> this<00:16:08.480> particular<00:16:08.959> formulation instructing it on this particular formulation instructing it on this particular formulation 5<00:16:10.800> centuries<00:16:11.360> earlier than<00:16:11.680> the<00:16:11.920> Jewish<00:16:12.399> sage 5 centuries earlier than the Jewish sage 5 centuries earlier than the Jewish sage Hillel<00:16:13.920> the<00:16:14.079> Elder<00:16:14.880> and<00:16:15.120> almost<00:16:15.519> 8<00:16:15.839> centuries Hillel the Elder and almost 8 centuries Hillel the Elder and almost 8 centuries earlier than<00:16:16.720> Jesus<00:16:17.199> of<00:16:17.440> Nazareth.<00:16:18.399> However<00:16:18.560> pay<00:16:18.800> shut earlier than Jesus of Nazareth.
However pay shut earlier than Jesus of Nazareth. However pay shut consideration<00:16:19.519> to<00:16:19.680> the<00:16:19.920> wording.<00:16:20.560> His<00:16:21.040> is<00:16:21.199> a consideration to the wording. His is a consideration to the wording. His is a unfavorable<00:16:21.839> golden<00:16:22.320> rule.<00:16:23.040> It is<00:16:23.279> preventative. unfavorable golden rule.
It is preventative. unfavorable golden rule. It is preventative. It is<00:16:24.480> not<00:16:24.639> the<00:16:24.800> extra<00:16:25.040> assertive<00:16:25.600> perky It is not the extra assertive perky It is not the extra assertive perky model.<00:16:26.800> Do<00:16:27.120> unto<00:16:27.519> others<00:16:27.839> as<00:16:28.160> you<00:16:28.320> would model.
Do unto others as you’ll model. Do unto others as you’ll have<00:16:28.639> them<00:16:28.880> do<00:16:29.120> unto<00:16:29.440> you.<00:16:30.240> This<00:16:30.560> distinction have them do unto you. This distinction have them do unto you. This distinction is<00:16:31.120> refined<00:16:31.440> however<00:16:31.759> important.<00:16:32.720> Confucious<00:16:33.360> was<00:16:33.519> a is refined however important.
Confucious was a is refined however important. Confucious was a pragmatist.<00:16:34.720> He<00:16:34.959> figured<00:16:35.199> that<00:16:35.519> actively pragmatist. He figured that actively pragmatist. He figured that actively doing<00:16:36.320> good<00:16:36.560> for<00:16:36.880> everybody<00:16:37.360> all<00:16:37.600> the<00:16:37.839> time<00:16:38.240> is doing good for everybody on a regular basis is doing good for everybody on a regular basis is a<00:16:38.720> very<00:16:38.959> excessive<00:16:39.279> bar<00:16:39.600> for<00:16:39.759> most<00:16:40.079> flawed<00:16:40.480> human a really excessive bar for many flawed human a really excessive bar for many flawed human beings.<00:16:41.680> However<00:16:41.920> merely<00:16:42.399> refraining<00:16:42.959> from beings.
However merely refraining from beings. However merely refraining from hurting<00:16:43.600> every<00:16:43.839> different,<00:16:44.320> from<00:16:44.560> imposing<00:16:45.120> our hurting one another, from imposing our hurting one another, from imposing our will<00:16:45.680> and<00:16:46.000> our<00:16:46.240> needs<00:16:46.720> the place<00:16:46.959> they<00:16:47.199> are<00:16:47.440> not will and our needs the place they don’t seem to be will and our needs the place they don’t seem to be wished,<00:16:48.399> that<00:16:48.639> is<00:16:48.880> an<00:16:49.120> achievable<00:16:49.680> objective.<00:16:50.480> Intention wished, that’s an achievable objective. Intention wished, that’s an achievable objective. Intention for<00:16:50.959> that,<00:16:51.199> he<00:16:51.440> taught.<00:16:52.160> And<00:16:52.240> a<00:16:52.480> baseline<00:16:52.959> of for that, he taught.
And a baseline of for that, he taught. And a baseline of social<00:16:53.600> concord<00:16:54.079> will<00:16:54.320> naturally<00:16:54.880> emerge. social concord will naturally emerge. social concord will naturally emerge. Grand<00:16:56.240> fireworks<00:16:56.880> are<00:16:57.120> elective.<00:16:57.839> fundamental Grand fireworks are elective.
fundamental Grand fireworks are elective. fundamental non-negotiable<00:16:59.279> decency<00:16:59.839> is<00:17:00.160> not.<00:17:00.880> After<00:17:01.360> 14 non-negotiable decency will not be. After 14 non-negotiable decency will not be. After 14 years<00:17:02.160> of<00:17:02.399> wandering,<00:17:03.360> Confucious,<00:17:04.240> now<00:17:04.559> 68 years of wandering, Confucious, now 68 years of wandering, Confucious, now 68 years<00:17:05.439> previous,<00:17:06.079> lastly<00:17:06.559> limped<00:17:06.959> residence<00:17:07.120> to<00:17:07.360> his years previous, lastly limped residence to his years previous, lastly limped residence to his native<00:17:07.839> state<00:17:08.079> of<00:17:08.240> Lou.<00:17:09.120> He<00:17:09.360> was<00:17:09.439> a<00:17:09.679> revered native state of Lou.
He was a revered native state of Lou. He was a revered trainer,<00:17:10.640> however<00:17:10.959> a<00:17:11.120> political<00:17:11.600> failure.<00:17:12.640> His trainer, however a political failure. His trainer, however a political failure. His ultimate<00:17:13.280> years<00:17:13.600> had been<00:17:13.839> marked<00:17:14.160> by<00:17:14.400> tragedy<00:17:14.880> and ultimate years had been marked by tragedy and ultimate years had been marked by tragedy and loss.<00:17:15.919> He<00:17:16.079> had<00:17:16.240> to<00:17:16.400> bury<00:17:16.799> his<00:17:17.039> solely<00:17:17.360> son<00:17:17.919> and loss.
He needed to bury his solely son and loss. He needed to bury his solely son after which<00:17:18.400> his<00:17:18.640> most<00:17:18.880> beloved<00:17:19.360> disciple,<00:17:20.079> Yan<00:17:20.559> Hello. then his most beloved disciple, Yan Hello. then his most beloved disciple, Yan Hello. He<00:17:21.600> was<00:17:21.760> overwhelmed<00:17:22.400> by<00:17:22.559> a<00:17:22.799> sense<00:17:22.959> of He was overwhelmed by a way of He was overwhelmed by a way of failure.<00:17:23.919> In<00:17:24.240> 479<00:17:25.199> BC<00:17:26.079> at<00:17:26.319> the<00:17:26.480> age<00:17:26.720> of<00:17:26.959> 72, failure.
In 479 BC on the age of 72, failure. In 479 BC on the age of 72, Confucious<00:17:28.559> died<00:17:29.280> totally<00:17:29.679> satisfied<00:17:30.080> that Confucious died totally satisfied that Confucious died totally satisfied that his<00:17:30.559> life’s<00:17:30.960> work<00:17:31.200> had<00:17:31.360> amounted<00:17:31.760> to<00:17:32.000> nothing, his life’s work had amounted to nothing, his life’s work had amounted to nothing, that<00:17:32.880> his<00:17:33.120> motion<00:17:33.520> had<00:17:33.760> flatlined.<00:17:34.880> He that his motion had flatlined. He that his motion had flatlined. He might<00:17:35.200> not<00:17:35.360> have<00:17:35.600> been<00:17:35.679> extra<00:17:36.000> unsuitable.<00:17:37.200> After couldn’t have been extra unsuitable.
After couldn’t have been extra unsuitable. After his<00:17:37.840> loss of life,<00:17:38.480> his<00:17:38.799> college students<00:17:39.200> and<00:17:39.440> their his loss of life, his college students and their his loss of life, his college students and their college students,<00:17:40.160> who<00:17:40.320> had<00:17:40.559> spent<00:17:40.880> many years college students, who had spent many years college students, who had spent many years memorizing<00:17:42.240> his<00:17:42.480> each<00:17:42.799> phrase,<00:17:43.600> gathered<00:17:44.000> to memorizing his each phrase, gathered to memorizing his each phrase, gathered to compile<00:17:44.799> his<00:17:45.120> teachings.<00:17:46.240> They<00:17:46.559> pasted<00:17:46.960> his compile his teachings. They pasted his compile his teachings. They pasted his oneliners,<00:17:48.240> his<00:17:48.559> dialogues,<00:17:49.280> and<00:17:49.440> his oneliners, his dialogues, and his oneliners, his dialogues, and his classes<00:17:50.559> into<00:17:50.880> a<00:17:51.120> assortment<00:17:51.520> that<00:17:51.760> would classes into a set that might classes into a set that might come<00:17:52.160> to<00:17:52.400> be<00:17:52.559> recognized<00:17:52.799> as<00:17:53.039> the<00:17:53.360> analcts. come to be often known as the analcts.
come to be often known as the analcts. Basically,<00:17:55.039> a<00:17:55.280> group<00:17:55.600> chat<00:17:56.000> transcript Basically, a bunch chat transcript Basically, a bunch chat transcript carved<00:17:57.200> onto<00:17:57.520> bundles<00:17:58.000> of<00:17:58.160> bamboo.<00:17:59.360> Copies carved onto bundles of bamboo. Copies carved onto bundles of bamboo. Copies had been<00:18:00.080> painstakingly<00:18:00.960> made<00:18:01.360> and<00:18:01.679> started<00:18:02.000> to had been painstakingly made and started to had been painstakingly made and started to unfold.<00:18:03.120> At<00:18:03.280> first,<00:18:03.520> they<00:18:03.840> moved<00:18:04.160> slowly<00:18:04.720> from unfold.
At first, they moved slowly from unfold. At first, they moved slowly from one<00:18:05.200> scholar<00:18:05.600> to<00:18:05.840> one other.<00:18:06.559> Then,<00:18:06.799> they one scholar to a different. Then, they one scholar to a different. Then, they unfold<00:18:07.440> quicker,<00:18:08.320> like<00:18:08.559> gossip<00:18:09.039> on<00:18:09.360> palace unfold quicker, like gossip on palace unfold quicker, like gossip on palace Wi-Fi.<00:18:11.120> Inside<00:18:11.600> three<00:18:11.840> centuries,<00:18:12.559> one thing Wi-Fi.
Inside three centuries, one thing Wi-Fi. Inside three centuries, one thing extraordinary<00:18:13.919> occurred.<00:18:14.799> The<00:18:15.039> Han<00:18:15.440> dynasty, extraordinary occurred. The Han dynasty, extraordinary occurred. The Han dynasty, which<00:18:16.240> had<00:18:16.480> lastly<00:18:16.880> unified<00:18:17.600> China<00:18:18.080> after which had lastly unified China after which had lastly unified China after centuries<00:18:19.120> of<00:18:19.360> struggle,<00:18:20.160> declared<00:18:20.720> Confucianism centuries of struggle, declared Confucianism centuries of struggle, declared Confucianism the<00:18:21.919> official<00:18:22.320> state<00:18:22.720> philosophy.<00:18:23.840> They the official state philosophy.
They the official state philosophy. They started<00:18:24.480> utilizing<00:18:24.799> the<00:18:25.120> analcts,<00:18:25.840> the<00:18:26.000> collected started utilizing the analcts, the collected started utilizing the analcts, the collected sayings<00:18:26.960> of<00:18:27.120> a<00:18:27.280> man<00:18:27.440> who<00:18:27.679> was<00:18:27.840> as soon as<00:18:28.160> exiled<00:18:28.799> for sayings of a person who was as soon as exiled for sayings of a person who was as soon as exiled for being<00:18:29.200> a<00:18:29.440> nuisance<00:18:30.240> as<00:18:30.480> the<00:18:30.720> main being a nuisance as the first being a nuisance as the first curriculum<00:18:31.679> for<00:18:31.919> the<00:18:32.080> civil<00:18:32.400> service curriculum for the civil service curriculum for the civil service examinations.<00:18:34.000> The<00:18:34.240> internet<00:18:34.480> outcome<00:18:34.720> was<00:18:34.960> one<00:18:35.120> of examinations. The web outcome was one in all examinations. The web outcome was one in all historical past’s<00:18:35.840> biggest<00:18:36.160> plot<00:18:36.480> twists.<00:18:37.440> For<00:18:37.679> the historical past’s biggest plot twists.
For the historical past’s biggest plot twists. For the subsequent<00:18:38.000> two<00:18:38.160> millennia,<00:18:38.880> the<00:18:39.200> total subsequent two millennia, your entire subsequent two millennia, your entire bureaucratic<00:18:40.400> and<00:18:40.640> political<00:18:41.120> class<00:18:41.360> of<00:18:41.520> East bureaucratic and political class of East bureaucratic and political class of East Asia<00:18:42.320> was<00:18:42.640> chosen<00:18:43.039> primarily based<00:18:43.360> on<00:18:43.520> their<00:18:43.760> means Asia was chosen primarily based on their means Asia was chosen primarily based on their means to<00:18:44.400> quote<00:18:44.799> and<00:18:45.120> interpret<00:18:45.600> the<00:18:45.840> teachings<00:18:46.240> of to cite and interpret the teachings of to cite and interpret the teachings of a<00:18:46.640> man<00:18:46.880> who<00:18:47.440> in<00:18:47.679> his<00:18:47.840> personal<00:18:48.080> lifetime<00:18:49.120> could not a person who in his personal lifetime could not a person who in his personal lifetime could not maintain<00:18:49.760> down<00:18:50.000> a<00:18:50.240> authorities<00:18:50.640> gig.<00:18:51.440> The<00:18:51.679> failure maintain down a authorities gig. The failure maintain down a authorities gig. The failure had<00:18:52.320> turn out to be<00:18:52.559> the<00:18:52.880> basis.<00:18:53.919> The<00:18:54.160> plot had turn out to be the muse.
The plot had turn out to be the muse. The plot twist<00:18:54.880> was<00:18:55.120> cosmic.<00:18:56.240> Even<00:18:56.559> now,<00:18:57.280> 12,500<00:18:58.400> years twist was cosmic. Even now, 12,500 years twist was cosmic. Even now, 12,500 years later,<00:18:59.440> the<00:18:59.679> ripples<00:19:00.080> of<00:19:00.240> his<00:19:00.400> thought later, the ripples of his thought later, the ripples of his thought proceed<00:19:01.280> to<00:19:01.520> form<00:19:01.760> the<00:19:02.000> trendy<00:19:02.400> world<00:19:02.799> in proceed to form the fashionable world in proceed to form the fashionable world in methods<00:19:03.360> we<00:19:03.679> barely<00:19:04.080> discover.<00:19:04.799> His<00:19:05.440> birthday, methods we barely discover.
His birthday, methods we barely discover. His birthday, September<00:19:06.640> twenty eighth,<00:19:07.440> is<00:19:07.679> celebrated<00:19:08.160> as September twenty eighth, is widely known as September twenty eighth, is widely known as academics<00:19:08.960> day<00:19:09.280> in<00:19:09.520> Taiwan.<00:19:10.720> In<00:19:10.960> Singapore, academics day in Taiwan. In Singapore, academics day in Taiwan. In Singapore, many<00:19:12.320> faculties<00:19:12.880> nonetheless<00:19:13.200> open<00:19:13.520> their<00:19:13.760> week<00:19:14.080> with many colleges nonetheless open their week with many colleges nonetheless open their week with college students<00:19:14.799> reciting<00:19:15.280> pledges<00:19:15.760> to<00:19:15.919> honor<00:19:16.240> their college students reciting pledges to honor their college students reciting pledges to honor their household<00:19:16.880> and<00:19:17.120> nation,<00:19:17.760> a<00:19:18.000> direct<00:19:18.400> echo<00:19:18.880> of household and nation, a direct echo of household and nation, a direct echo of Confucian<00:19:19.760> rules.<00:19:20.880> In<00:19:21.200> South<00:19:21.440> Korea, Confucian rules.
In South Korea, Confucian rules. In South Korea, some<00:19:22.080> of<00:19:22.160> the<00:19:22.320> world’s<00:19:22.720> largest among the world’s largest among the world’s largest conglomerates<00:19:24.080> like<00:19:24.400> Samsung<00:19:24.960> and<00:19:25.200> Hyundai conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai have<00:19:26.400> run<00:19:26.799> Confucian<00:19:27.360> ethics<00:19:27.840> seminars<00:19:28.400> for have run Confucian ethics seminars for have run Confucian ethics seminars for his or her<00:19:28.880> executives<00:19:29.440> in<00:19:29.679> an<00:19:29.919> try<00:19:30.160> to<00:19:30.320> curb their executives in an try and curb their executives in an try and curb corruption<00:19:31.200> and<00:19:31.440> embezzlement,<00:19:32.400> making use of corruption and embezzlement, making use of corruption and embezzlement, making use of his<00:19:33.120> ethical<00:19:33.440> code<00:19:33.760> to<00:19:33.919> company<00:19:34.320> governance. his ethical code to company governance. his ethical code to company governance. The<00:19:35.360> echoes<00:19:35.760> are<00:19:35.919> heard<00:19:36.240> even<00:19:36.480> in<00:19:36.720> the<00:19:36.880> coronary heart The echoes are heard even within the coronary heart The echoes are heard even within the coronary heart of<00:19:37.360> Silicon<00:19:38.000> Valley.<00:19:39.200> Have<00:19:39.440> you<00:19:39.600> ever<00:19:39.760> been<00:19:39.919> in of Silicon Valley.
Have you ever ever been in of Silicon Valley. Have you ever ever been in a<00:19:40.240> company<00:19:40.640> assembly<00:19:40.880> that<00:19:41.200> used<00:19:41.440> a<00:19:41.600> radical a company assembly that used a radical a company assembly that used a radical cander<00:19:42.720> suggestions<00:19:43.280> circle<00:19:43.840> the place<00:19:44.160> criticism cander suggestions circle the place criticism cander suggestions circle the place criticism is<00:19:44.960> delivered<00:19:45.440> in<00:19:45.679> a<00:19:45.840> structured<00:19:46.480> respectful is delivered in a structured respectful is delivered in a structured respectful manner?<00:19:48.240> That<00:19:48.480> is<00:19:48.640> a<00:19:48.799> type<00:19:49.039> of<00:19:49.200> ritualized manner? That may be a type of ritualized manner? That may be a type of ritualized respect<00:19:50.720> in<00:19:51.039> trendy<00:19:51.520> startup<00:19:52.000> slang,<00:19:52.960> a respect in trendy startup slang, a respect in trendy startup slang, a distant<00:19:53.600> cousin<00:19:53.919> of<00:19:54.160> lie.<00:19:55.440> In the meantime,<00:19:56.320> when distant cousin of lie.
In the meantime, when distant cousin of lie. In the meantime, when China<00:19:57.039> promotes<00:19:57.440> its<00:19:57.760> large<00:19:58.320> world China promotes its large world China promotes its large world infrastructure<00:19:59.679> mission,<00:20:00.400> the<00:20:00.640> Belt<00:20:00.960> and infrastructure mission, the Belt and infrastructure mission, the Belt and Street<00:20:01.440> Initiative,<00:20:02.480> it<00:20:02.720> makes use of<00:20:03.120> the<00:20:03.360> language<00:20:03.760> of Street Initiative, it makes use of the language of Street Initiative, it makes use of the language of harmonious<00:20:04.799> improvement<00:20:05.280> and<00:20:05.600> win-win harmonious improvement and win-win harmonious improvement and win-win cooperation.<00:20:07.679> A<00:20:07.840> direct<00:20:08.240> rhetorical<00:20:08.960> echo<00:20:09.679> of cooperation. A direct rhetorical echo of cooperation. A direct rhetorical echo of Confucious’s<00:20:10.880> historic<00:20:11.360> dream<00:20:11.840> of<00:20:12.080> a<00:20:12.240> nice Confucious’s historic dream of a terrific Confucious’s historic dream of a terrific unity<00:20:13.280> amongst<00:20:13.679> all<00:20:13.919> nations.<00:20:15.280> The<00:20:15.520> broke unity amongst all nations.
The broke unity amongst all nations. The broke orphan<00:20:16.320> with<00:20:16.559> unhealthy<00:20:16.880> hair<00:20:17.120> and<00:20:17.360> a<00:20:17.600> failed orphan with unhealthy hair and a failed orphan with unhealthy hair and a failed political<00:20:18.559> profession<00:20:19.280> is<00:20:19.520> now<00:20:19.760> an<00:20:20.000> instrument<00:20:20.480> of political profession is now an instrument of political profession is now an instrument of worldwide<00:20:21.280> smooth<00:20:21.840> energy.<00:20:22.640> His<00:20:22.880> face<00:20:23.120> on world smooth energy. His face on world smooth energy. His face on commemorative<00:20:24.160> stamps.<00:20:25.520> Of<00:20:25.760> course,<00:20:26.000> his commemorative stamps.
After all, his commemorative stamps. After all, his legacy<00:20:26.640> is<00:20:26.880> not<00:20:27.039> with out<00:20:27.280> its<00:20:27.520> sharp<00:20:27.919> critics. legacy will not be with out its sharp critics. legacy will not be with out its sharp critics. For<00:20:29.120> centuries<00:20:29.679> and<00:20:29.919> particularly<00:20:30.320> in<00:20:30.559> the<00:20:30.640> twentieth For hundreds of years and particularly within the twentieth For hundreds of years and particularly within the twentieth century,<00:20:31.760> Confucious<00:20:32.400> has<00:20:32.559> been<00:20:32.720> referred to as<00:20:32.960> an century, Confucious has been referred to as an century, Confucious has been referred to as an enabler<00:20:33.679> of<00:20:33.840> authoritarianism. enabler of authoritarianism.
enabler of authoritarianism. The<00:20:35.679> critique<00:20:36.159> goes<00:20:36.480> like<00:20:36.799> this.<00:20:37.679> Obey<00:20:38.080> your The critique goes like this. Obey your The critique goes like this. Obey your father.<00:20:39.120> Obey<00:20:39.440> the<00:20:39.679> emperor.<00:20:40.559> Obey father.
Obey the emperor. Obey father. Obey the emperor. Obey custom.<00:20:42.080> The place<00:20:42.320> is<00:20:42.480> the<00:20:42.640> room<00:20:42.880> for custom.
The place is the room for custom. The place is the room for individuality?<00:20:44.320> for<00:20:44.559> revolution,<00:20:45.440> for individuality? for revolution, for individuality? for revolution, for progress.<00:20:47.039> It is<00:20:47.280> a<00:20:47.520> honest<00:20:47.760> level,<00:20:48.559> particularly progress.
It is a honest level, particularly progress. It is a honest level, particularly when<00:20:49.200> you<00:20:49.360> see<00:20:49.520> how<00:20:49.760> his<00:20:50.000> teachings<00:20:50.400> had been<00:20:50.640> used if you see how his teachings had been used if you see how his teachings had been utilized by<00:20:51.200> later<00:20:51.600> dynasties<00:20:52.480> to<00:20:52.799> demand<00:20:53.360> absolute by later dynasties to demand absolute by later dynasties to demand absolute loyalty.<00:20:55.440> However<00:20:55.600> this<00:20:55.840> interpretation<00:20:56.799> ignores loyalty. However this interpretation ignores loyalty. However this interpretation ignores the<00:20:57.440> different<00:20:57.600> half<00:20:57.840> of<00:20:58.000> his<00:20:58.240> philosophy. the opposite half of his philosophy.
the opposite half of his philosophy. Confucious<00:21:00.320> additionally<00:21:00.640> famously<00:21:01.280> mentioned,<00:21:01.840> “A Confucious additionally famously mentioned, “A Confucious additionally famously mentioned, “A tyrannical<00:21:02.960> authorities<00:21:03.600> is<00:21:03.919> extra<00:21:04.080> to<00:21:04.240> be tyrannical authorities is extra to be tyrannical authorities is extra to be feared<00:21:04.799> than<00:21:04.960> a<00:21:05.200> tiger.”<00:21:06.080> And<00:21:06.320> he<00:21:06.559> personally feared than a tiger.” And he personally feared than a tiger.” And he personally informed<00:21:07.360> a<00:21:07.600> prince,<00:21:08.320> “If<00:21:08.640> you<00:21:08.799> do<00:21:09.039> not<00:21:09.200> act<00:21:09.520> like<00:21:09.679> a informed a prince, “If you don’t act like a informed a prince, “If you don’t act like a ruler<00:21:10.320> ought to,<00:21:10.880> then<00:21:11.120> I<00:21:11.360> am<00:21:11.520> not<00:21:11.760> obligated<00:21:12.320> to ruler ought to, then I’m not obligated to ruler ought to, then I’m not obligated to behave<00:21:12.799> like<00:21:13.039> your<00:21:13.280> minister.”<00:21:14.320> His<00:21:14.640> philosophy act like your minister.” His philosophy act like your minister.” His philosophy was<00:21:15.360> much less<00:21:15.679> about<00:21:15.919> blind<00:21:16.400> submission<00:21:17.200> and<00:21:17.440> extra was much less about blind submission and extra was much less about blind submission and extra about<00:21:17.919> a<00:21:18.159> mutual<00:21:18.640> social<00:21:19.039> contract.<00:21:20.240> Your a couple of mutual social contract. Your a couple of mutual social contract. Your authority<00:21:20.960> is<00:21:21.280> solely<00:21:21.600> reputable<00:21:22.240> as<00:21:22.480> lengthy<00:21:22.640> as authority is just reputable so long as authority is just reputable so long as you<00:21:22.960> fulfill<00:21:23.360> your<00:21:23.679> obligations<00:21:24.559> with you fulfill your obligations with you fulfill your obligations with benevolence<00:21:25.440> and<00:21:25.679> justice.<00:21:26.799> Nonetheless,<00:21:27.760> the benevolence and justice.
Nonetheless, the benevolence and justice. Nonetheless, the critics<00:21:28.320> have<00:21:28.480> a<00:21:28.720> level.<00:21:29.760> Later<00:21:30.240> emperors<00:21:30.720> and critics have a degree. Later emperors and critics have a degree. Later emperors and autocrats<00:21:31.600> discovered<00:21:31.760> it<00:21:32.000> very<00:21:32.320> handy<00:21:32.799> to autocrats discovered it very handy to autocrats discovered it very handy to focus on<00:21:33.360> the<00:21:33.600> components<00:21:33.919> about<00:21:34.159> obedience<00:21:34.960> and spotlight the components about obedience and spotlight the components about obedience and quietly<00:21:35.679> backspace<00:21:36.320> the<00:21:36.559> components<00:21:36.799> about<00:21:37.039> a quietly backspace the components a couple of quietly backspace the components a couple of ruler’s<00:21:37.679> obligations. ruler’s obligations.
ruler’s obligations. Each<00:21:39.600> nice<00:21:40.000> philosophy<00:21:40.559> will get<00:21:40.880> hacked<00:21:41.200> by Each nice philosophy will get hacked by Each nice philosophy will get hacked by energy<00:21:41.919> finally.<00:21:42.880> Its<00:21:43.200> most<00:21:43.520> difficult energy finally. Its most difficult energy finally. Its most difficult concepts<00:21:44.720> edited<00:21:45.200> out<00:21:45.440> for<00:21:45.679> comfort.<00:21:46.640> The concepts edited out for comfort.
The concepts edited out for comfort. The story<00:21:47.280> takes<00:21:47.600> one other<00:21:48.000> unusual<00:21:48.480> flip<00:21:48.799> in<00:21:49.039> the story takes one other unusual flip within the story takes one other unusual flip within the seventeenth<00:21:49.840> century<00:21:50.480> when<00:21:50.799> Jesuit<00:21:51.360> missionaries<00:21:52.000> in seventeenth century when Jesuit missionaries in seventeenth century when Jesuit missionaries in China<00:21:53.120> first<00:21:53.600> translated<00:21:54.240> his<00:21:54.559> works<00:21:55.120> and China first translated his works and China first translated his works and shipped<00:21:55.679> them<00:21:55.919> again<00:21:56.159> to<00:21:56.320> Europe.<00:21:57.280> The shipped them again to Europe. The shipped them again to Europe. The continent<00:21:58.080> was<00:21:58.240> on<00:21:58.480> the<00:21:58.640> cusp<00:21:59.039> of<00:21:59.280> the continent was on the cusp of the continent was on the cusp of the enlightenment,<00:22:00.480> and<00:22:00.720> its<00:22:00.960> main<00:22:01.360> thinkers enlightenment, and its main thinkers enlightenment, and its main thinkers had been<00:22:02.159> electrified.<00:22:03.440> They<00:22:03.760> swooned<00:22:04.320> over<00:22:04.559> this had been electrified.
They swooned over this had been electrified. They swooned over this historic<00:22:05.360> system<00:22:05.679> of<00:22:05.919> rational<00:22:06.559> human- historic system of rational human- historic system of rational human- centered<00:22:07.440> ethics<00:22:08.159> that<00:22:08.480> contained<00:22:09.039> no centered ethics that contained no centered ethics that contained no miracles,<00:22:10.240> no<00:22:10.559> divine<00:22:11.039> revelation,<00:22:12.080> and<00:22:12.320> no miracles, no divine revelation, and no miracles, no divine revelation, and no highly effective<00:22:13.280> priesthood.<00:22:14.640> The<00:22:14.880> French highly effective priesthood. The French highly effective priesthood. The French thinker<00:22:15.919> Voltater<00:22:16.559> gushed<00:22:17.039> about thinker Voltater gushed about thinker Voltater gushed about Confucianism,<00:22:18.640> seeing<00:22:18.880> it<00:22:19.039> as<00:22:19.280> proof<00:22:19.760> that<00:22:20.000> a Confucianism, seeing it as proof {that a} Confucianism, seeing it as proof {that a} refined<00:22:20.960> morality<00:22:21.600> might<00:22:21.840> exist<00:22:22.240> primarily based refined morality might exist primarily based refined morality might exist primarily based on<00:22:22.880> widespread<00:22:23.200> sense<00:22:23.600> alone.<00:22:24.559> At present,<00:22:25.200> the on widespread sense alone.
At present, the on widespread sense alone. At present, the dialogue<00:22:26.159> continues.<00:22:27.280> At<00:22:27.520> Harvard dialogue continues. At Harvard dialogue continues. At Harvard College’s<00:22:28.640> Graduate<00:22:29.039> College<00:22:29.280> of College’s Graduate College of College’s Graduate College of Schooling,<00:22:30.400> the<00:22:30.640> analcs<00:22:31.200> of<00:22:31.360> Confucious<00:22:32.000> are Schooling, the analcs of Confucious are Schooling, the analcs of Confucious are sometimes<00:22:32.559> listed<00:22:32.880> on<00:22:33.120> studying<00:22:33.520> lists<00:22:34.159> proper usually listed on studying lists proper usually listed on studying lists proper alongside<00:22:35.039> Plato’s<00:22:35.600> Republic<00:22:36.080> as<00:22:36.320> a alongside Plato’s Republic as a alongside Plato’s Republic as a foundational<00:22:37.200> textual content<00:22:37.760> on<00:22:38.159> creating<00:22:38.720> a<00:22:39.039> simply foundational textual content on making a simply foundational textual content on making a simply society.
society. society. There<00:22:41.280> is<00:22:41.360> a<00:22:41.600> deep<00:22:41.840> irony<00:22:42.240> right here.<00:22:43.120> The<00:22:43.360> trendy There’s a deep irony right here. The trendy There’s a deep irony right here.
The trendy west,<00:22:44.320> which<00:22:44.559> usually<00:22:45.120> idolizes<00:22:45.679> radical west, which frequently idolizes radical west, which frequently idolizes radical individuality,<00:22:47.280> is<00:22:47.520> now<00:22:47.840> trying<00:22:48.159> for<00:22:48.400> knowledge individuality, is now in search of knowledge individuality, is now in search of knowledge in<00:22:49.520> and<00:22:50.000> importing<00:22:50.559> administration<00:22:51.120> methods in and importing administration methods in and importing administration methods from<00:22:52.320> an<00:22:52.559> historic<00:22:53.039> system<00:22:53.440> constructed<00:22:53.760> completely<00:22:54.320> on from an historic system constructed completely on from an historic system constructed completely on the<00:22:54.720> thought<00:22:55.039> of<00:22:55.200> a<00:22:55.440> relational<00:22:56.000> self,<00:22:56.880> a the concept of a relational self, a the concept of a relational self, a self-defined<00:22:57.919> by<00:22:58.159> its<00:22:58.480> duties<00:22:58.799> to<00:22:59.039> others.<00:23:00.159> It self-defined by its duties to others. It self-defined by its duties to others. It appears<00:23:00.720> we<00:23:00.960> are<00:23:01.120> all<00:23:01.440> in<00:23:01.679> our<00:23:01.919> personal<00:23:02.240> manner<00:23:02.880> making an attempt appears we’re all in our personal manner making an attempt appears we’re all in our personal manner making an attempt to<00:23:03.360> patch<00:23:03.679> our<00:23:03.919> cultural<00:23:04.480> working<00:23:05.039> programs, to patch our cultural working programs, to patch our cultural working programs, downloading<00:23:06.559> whichever<00:23:07.039> replace<00:23:07.520> appears<00:23:07.840> to downloading whichever replace appears to downloading whichever replace appears to crash<00:23:08.320> our<00:23:08.640> society<00:23:09.120> the<00:23:09.440> least.<00:23:10.240> So,<00:23:10.559> how crash our society the least. So, how crash our society the least.
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Second, earlier than you<00:23:38.559> fireplace<00:23:38.799> off<00:23:39.039> that<00:23:39.280> spicy<00:23:39.840> indignant<00:23:40.320> e-mail, you fireplace off that spicy indignant e-mail, you fireplace off that spicy indignant e-mail, take<00:23:41.120> a<00:23:41.280> second,<00:23:42.159> reread<00:23:42.559> it,<00:23:42.799> and<00:23:42.960> attempt<00:23:43.120> to take a second, reread it, and attempt to take a second, reread it, and attempt to swap<00:23:43.600> the<00:23:43.840> eye<00:23:44.080> language<00:23:44.480> for<00:23:44.720> we<00:23:45.039> language. swap the attention language for we language. swap the attention language for we language. As a substitute<00:23:46.240> of<00:23:46.480> I<00:23:46.640> am<00:23:46.799> indignant<00:23:47.120> that<00:23:47.360> this<00:23:47.600> was<00:23:47.760> performed As a substitute of I’m indignant that this was performed As a substitute of I’m indignant that this was performed unsuitable,<00:23:48.799> attempt<00:23:49.600> how<00:23:49.840> can<00:23:50.000> we<00:23:50.240> make<00:23:50.480> positive<00:23:50.720> this unsuitable, attempt how can we ensure that this unsuitable, attempt how can we ensure that this will get<00:23:51.360> performed<00:23:51.600> proper<00:23:51.919> subsequent<00:23:52.240> time.<00:23:53.280> It is<00:23:53.600> prompt will get performed proper subsequent time. It is prompt will get performed proper subsequent time.
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