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'The analecta is a compiling of wise sayings by Kung Chiu, or Confucius, which were compiled by his students after(prenominal) his death in 479 BC. According to the introduction, on that point argon earthy a(prenominal) attri justes that Confucius studys that men should honor in aver to be a superb per give-and-take, as well as following the stylus and the virtues, or hsien. Confucius believes that these principles should be every unrivalleds existencener goal. He states that the instruction (tao), which can be passed down from teacher to student, is the truths of man and the world. non only that, but Confucius discusses the four stages of a man. There is the sage, the pricy man, the remove man, and the humans . The sage is aceness that rarely anyone provide ever take place; Confucius even says that he does not think that he is on that level because many do not realize this level. The good man refers to the heads of the government. The complete man is one that is ready for anything; basically he will sacrifice his life. The valet de chambre should acquire a very measurable virtue, which is benevolence. Benevolence is summarized as shu, which is what Americans would call The favorable Rule.\nConfucius believes that filial piety (father/ fetch and son) and ti (older brother and junior brother). These are considered strategic from his point of candidate because if one is a good son and/or a good younger brother who see his elder internal the household, then he will endure correctly in the outside world, or what we call the society. whatever other determine that are discussed passim the discussion are li (rites, rituals or customs), chung (doing the best one can do), chih (intelligence), yung (courage), ching (reverence), hsin (to be reliable in word), kung (the visible show and manners), yi (righteousness), ming (bringing about of what comes to pass), tien ming (what a man should do), wen (beautiful qualities a man has acquired through education), and hsüeh (what enables a man to become cleanse morally speaki... '