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Stone Chimes

A modern English adaption of the Analects of Confucius.

Brown-Nosing

2.24

Confucius said, “To venerate ancestors other than your own is brown-nosing. To see what’s right and not do it is to lack courage.”

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3.18

Confucius said, “If you observe every detail of propriety when serving your leader, people will say you’re a kiss-ass.”

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