Profound Chinese sayings
and thoughts….
And some beautiful images..
无欲则刚；有容乃大。
Without expectations,
you will be strong;
with tolerance,
you will be big.
“Before marriage know your
partner’s weaknesses;
in marriage use your partner’s
strengths.”
- Chinese proverb
“Virtue is the root; wealth is
the consequence.”
- Confucius, 500 BC
“Without self-interest, your
interests succeed.”
- Lao Tzu, 500 BC
“We may compare the superior man
to an archer. When the archer fails
to hit the target, he blames himself
for being unskilled.”
- Confucius, 500 BC
The Book of History
“To
Impartially
Adhere to the
Middle Way”
“允执厥中”
“To Impartially Emperor Shun
Adhere to the
Middle Way”
Emperor Yu
Confucius and “imagining the middle
way”….he lived 5th / 6th Centuries
Confucianism covers morals, ethics, politics, philosophy, quasi religion
Teaches that people are improvable, perfectable through ongoing
endeavour
The Dragon above the Gate of the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City
The Hall of Middle Harmony
The wonder of The Great Wall of China
中国
(zhong guo)
“The Middle Kingdom”:
“The centre of the world”?
Great Agent of Change in China
“To get rich is
GLORIOUS”
Deng Xiaoping 1978
China Today – Images – starting with
Beijing Railway Station
A Philosophy that
Seeks to
Avoid Extremes
and Hold a Balanced,
Moderate Position.
Remember “adhere to The Middle Way”
Yang
Yin
The Confucius Temple in Shanghai
And lots of flowers – bouquets for men….