Zengzi
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Oct 17, 2026
Elliott BernsteinHOST
Who arranged the hexagrams in the order we read them in today? Who wrote their descriptions and commentaries? And who actually read this stuff, and how did it shape their everyday lives, their work, and the way they saw the world? You might expect a book like that to sit pretty far from the practical, down-to-earth advice of the Analects, but the connection is a lot closer than you'd suspect.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
Tucked into one of the Book of Changes commentaries is a line that Confucius' disciple Zengzi says almost word for word, and it isn't mystical at all.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
It's career advice.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
Stay in your lane.
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The speakers are not in conversation with one another.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
This is two comments about the same topic, the second of which is an elaboration on or clarification of the first.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
We can be sure of that because as mentioned above, Zengzi was Confucius' disciple.
Elliott BernsteinHOST
And he wasn't just any disciple either.
Li JingNARRATOR
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Li JingNARRATOR
第九章 曾子曰 慎终追远 明德归厚矣 Chapter 9 The philosopher Tseng said, Let there be a careful attention to perform the funeral rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone with the ceremonies of sacrifice.
Li JingNARRATOR
Then the virtue of the people will resume its proper excellence.
Li JingNARRATOR
第十章 子秦问于子贡曰 夫子至于世邦也 必闻其政 求之与 以语之与 子贡曰 夫子温 良 恭 俭 让 以得之 夫子之求之也 其诸异乎人之求之与 Chapter 10 Tzu-ching asked Tzu-kung, saying, When our Master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government.
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Li JingNARRATOR
The superior man thinks of the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favors which he may receive.
Li JingNARRATOR
十二章 子曰 妨于利而行 多怨 Chapter 12 The Master said, He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
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十三章 子曰 能以礼让为国乎 何有 不能以礼让为国 如礼何 Chapter 13 The Master said, If a prince is able to govern his kingdom with the complaisance proper to the rules of propriety, what difficulty will he have? If he cannot govern it with that complaisance, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? 十五章 子曰 申乎 五道一以贯之 曾子曰 唯 子出 门人问曰 何谓也 曾子曰 夫子之道 中术而已矣 Chapter 15 The Master said, Shen, my doctrine is that of an all-pervading unity.
Li JingNARRATOR
The disciple Tseng replied, Yes.
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THE GREAT LEARNING The Great Learning by Confucius, with ten commentary chapters by Zeng Zi, and notes by Zhu Xi, translated by James Legg.
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Zhu Xi's Note My master, the philosopher, Cheng, says, The great learning is a book left by Confucius, and forms the gate by which first learners enter into virtue.
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That we can now perceive the order in which the ancients pursued their learning is solely owing to the preservation of this work, the Analects and Mencius coming after it.