Confucius is dead...

[Sparhawk]

Well, one may say "duh!!" but there is a point in the story...

Neo-Confucianism killed Confucius. In other words, it stereotyped him. Confucius, the great philosopher, had been the archetype of man solving the perennial problems of civilization. He had served as role-model of the Chun-tzu: the gentleman and scholar of Asia. He had played the midwife of "I Ching" ("The Book of Changes"), the matrix of Asian civilization, as had Lao Tzu.

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[hilary]

Sam Crane blogged this one.

 

[bruce_g]

I love this sort of rant, or perhaps more, this sort of ranter. Emulators drain the yoke and wear the shell proudly. The problem isn't Confucius, or Buddha or Christ, but those who practice the look and even feel of their ideologies, but fail to experience their spirit.

 

[thedave]

well said Bruce!