In book 7 of the Analects it is the first time that there is a narrator. Before it was simply "and the master said…" Now it is actually saying things about Confucius in narration form. Also, I noticed that he is a harsh teacher. He says that if he says the first corner of a problem and the pupil cannot say the other three, then he will not teach him. Wouldn't a person who is so involved with goodness and what not actually be willing to help someone with these difficulties?
In book 8 Confucius says that you achieve perfection through music. As a person who loves every kind of music and would die without it, I am really happy to see this in such a major text. I find it really cool that Confucius would say this when he lived, and I actually think it now.
"'May I enquire about death?' 'You do not yet understand life-how could you possibly understand death?'" (Confucius Book 11.12.) I think that this line is really important. I personally ask a lot of questions to myself about death. I wonder what happens, why, where you go; every question you could imagine. It is true though, why do I ask about death if I have no idea what life is. I really don't understand life. I don't understand reality and the universe. A lot of these questions will never be answered, and frankly, they're depressing. We have to live our lives without letting the answers to these questions bother us. It is always important to ask, but it could be damaging.
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