"The ren man expends his wealth to expand himself. Lacking ren, one expends himself to expand his wealth."
Ren= the highest Confucian virtue: selflessness, love, "the virtue denoting the good feeling a virtuous human experiences when being altruistic" (wikipedia)
Found In
The Great Learning 大學
Translated by A. Charles Muller
The Traditional Commentary, Attributed to Confucius, Through the Transmission of Cengzi
Source: http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/greatlearning.html
Sunday, December 1, 2013
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