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the entire ANALECTS by ConfuciusBook 1 - Chapter 1The Master said,
"Is it not pleasant to learn with a constantperseverance and
application?Define - Noun; steady persistence in a course of
action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of
difficulties,Perseverance obstacles, or
discouragement.Vocabularyword in aThey persevered through the
finals in class.sentenceDefine - Noun; close attention; persistent
effortApplicationVocabularyword in aHis application in all his
classes allowed him get into Harvard university.sentenceParaphrase
thischapter whileplugging in theCan you not give up and not push
through everything?simplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What
specificallycan you do in yourown life to showYou can wait and push
through everything and not give up.that you understandthis
book?
2. Book 1 - Chapter 1"Is he not a man of complete virtue, who
feels no discomposurethough men may take no note of him?"Define -
Virtue Noun; moral excellence; goodness;
righteousness.Vocabularyword in a He is virtue in a whole lot of
ways.sentenceDefine - Noun; the state of being discomposed;
disorder; agitation; perturbation.Discomposure Vocabulary word in
aHe can become discomposed very quickly by something making him
mad. sentence Paraphrase this chapter while plugging in the
simplified vocabulary word meanings. What specifically can you do
in your own life to show that you understand this book? 3. Book 1 -
Chapter 4The philosopher Tsang said, "I daily examine myself on
three points:-- whether, in transactingbusiness for others, I may
have been not faithful;-- whether, in intercourse with friends, I
may havebeen not sincere;-- whether I may have not mastered and
practiced the instructions of my teacher." Define - Transacting
Vocabulary word in a sentenceDefine -IntercourseVocabularyword in
asentenceParaphrase thischapter whileplugging in
thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in
yourown life to showthat you understandthis book? 4. Book 2 -
Chapter 20Ch Kang asked how to cause the people to reverence their
ruler, and to be faithful to him. TheMaster said, "Let him preside
over them with gravity;-- then they will reverence him. Let him be
kindto all;-- then they will be faithful to him."Define
-ReverenceVocabularyword in asentenceDefine -GravityVocabularyword
in asentenceParaphrase thischapter whileplugging in
thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in
yourown life to showthat you understandthis book? 5. Book 4 -
Chapter 9The Master said, "A scholar, whose mind is set on truth,
and who is ashamedof bad clothes and bad food, is not fit to be
discoursed with."Define -ScholarVocabularyword in asentenceDefine
-DiscourseVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase thischapter
whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What
specificallycan you do in yourown life to showthat you
understandthis book? 6. Book 4 - Chapter 20The Master said, "The
cautious seldom err."Define -SeldomVocabularyword in
asentenceDefine - ErrVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase
thischapter whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary
wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in yourown life to
showthat you understandthis book? 7. Book 6 - Chapter 15The Master
said, "If the only way out is by the door, how is it that men
willfight going out by that way?"Paraphrase thischapter
whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What
specificallycan you do in yourown life to showthat you
understandthis book?Book 7 - Chapter 11The Master said, "If any
means of escaping poverty presented itself that did not involve
doing wrong,I would adopt it. If it was by illegitimate means, I
shall continue to pursue the quests that I love."Define
-illegitimateVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase thischapter
whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What
specificallycan you do in yourown life to showthat you
understandthis book? 8. Book 8 - Chapter 16The Master said, "Ardent
and yet not upright, stupid and yet not attentive;simple and yet
not sincere:-- such persons do not understand."Define -
ArdentVocabularyword in asentenceDefine -UprightVocabularyword in
asentenceDefine - StupidVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase
thischapter whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary
wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in yourown life to
showthat you understandthis book? 9. Book 12 - Chapter 16The Master
said, "The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities
ofmen, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean
man does theopposite of this."Define -SuperiorVocabularyword in
asentenceDefine -AdmirableVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase
thischapter whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary
wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in yourown life to
showthat you understandthis book? 10. Book 13 - Chapter 23The
Master said, "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the
mean man isadulatory, but not affable."Define
-AffableVocabularyword in asentenceDefine -AdulatoryVocabularyword
in asentenceParaphrase thischapter whileplugging in
thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in
yourown life to showthat you understandthis book? 11. Book 15 -
Chapter 14The Master said, "He who requires much from himself and
little from others, will keephimself from being the object of
resentment."Define -ResentmentVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase
thischapter whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary
wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in yourown life to
showthat you understandthis book?Book 15 - Chapter 22The Master
said, "The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of
his words."Paraphrase thischapter whileplugging in
thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in
yourown life to showthat you understandthis book? 12. Book 17 -
Chapter 2The Master said, "By nature, men are nearly alike; by
practice, they get to be wide apart."Define - NatureVocabularyword
in asentenceParaphrase thischapter whileplugging in
thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What specificallycan you do in
yourown life to showthat you understandthis book?Book 19 - Chapter
21Tsze-kung said, "The faults of the superior man are like the
eclipses of the sun and moon. He has hisfaults, and all men see
them; he changes again, and all men look up to him."Define -
eclipseVocabularyword in asentenceParaphrase thischapter
whileplugging in thesimplifiedvocabulary wordmeanings.What
specificallycan you do in yourown life to showthat you
understandthis book?