In book 9, when Confucius becomes gravely ill, his disciples go to his bedside and pretend to be his ministers. Confucius then says that they don't need to fool him, and if he doesn't deserve ministers, then let there not be. Was he not hugely important? Why weren't there ministers by his side?
We can see with these pages that Confucius is an extremely respectful man. In book 16 Confucius talks about befriending people. Even though he says it's good to befriend people of desirable qualities, isn't the simple principle of befriending people in that way wrong? I love the amount of affection Confucius shows towards music. He regards it as one of the highest things, and I believe everyone should.
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