History-Makers: Confucius
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Published 2020-06-19
SOURCES & Further Reading: "Confucius: A Very Short Introduction" by Gardner, "China: A History" by Keay, "The Analects of Confucius", "The Mencius".
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All Comments (21)
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“China just broke, but while it was breaking, Confucius is busy figuring out how to have good morals”
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China through history: Some assembly may be required
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When he said "Mercenary Philosophers" I had this mental image of a bunch of world weary scholars with hard eyes holding their battered scrolls and pens, hanging out in a seedy bar while negotiating choice contracts. Best part? They were called the Gray Teach Legion and being hired by the Magistry of Confucius.
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"By god I will make it work" Blue this is the kind of optimism we need
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"Mercenary Philosophers". That's a t-shirt right there, that is.
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about to be in the middle of nowhere with no signal but Overly Sarcastic Productions just updated so ima download it
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Everyone who studies Chinese: reading tests and exams flashbacks
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Ah, the 500BCs, the time when you can literally send dancing people as a gift
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"functionally a ghost." The tier list killed me.
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"Man, Confucius you're always trying to put something in its place. Why don't you tell your eyebrows they need to fit better on your face."
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"Good governance is under short supply... gee I wonder how that feels like." Living up to the channel's name i see...
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Horses AND Dancing Girls, huh? More like the State of Lewd, amiright?
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confused screeching “no stress, we’re thriving.” If that isn’t 2020 in a nutshell...
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I love how Marco Polo was labeled "Please be less vain." Even kids know how lost and found that guy was.
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Blue giving us the "the is fine" in the middle of a burning building même energy
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“But for reasons including and not limited to ARSON-“ What a time to be alive
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screams “no stress we’re thriving” IF THIS IS NOT MY MENTAL HEALTH
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"Yeah our teach is lit, makes sense that we write down most if not all of his ideas and make tired students recite them for the next few millennia, NO BIGGIE."
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"I didn't say half the things you guys think I said." - Confucius
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Last time I was this early ancient China was dissolving into another period of regional warlordism.
