April 26, 2009

A Confucian insight into leftist resentment.

Because we have a highly visible class of people who have suddenly become extremely wealthy, there is always something to make ordinary people feel that their lives contain unfairness. We spend too much time looking at the outside world and too little looking at our hearts and souls. Confucius can teach us the secret of happiness; to find the peace within.”
~ Yu Dan, professor of arts and media at Beijing Normal University.

"Why Confucius matters now. When Yu Dan updated the ancient sage’s teachings, she didn’t expect to sell 10 million copies — or to anger Chinese academics." By John Naish, Times Online, 4/25/09.

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