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1. Рождество Bosch (anonymousbosch@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 22:54:26 JST Рождество Bosch

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   A Legalist scholar was visiting the Master’s school, calling for the execution of all those who did not pass the Imperial exams (科舉) with sufficiently high marks in order, he said, to purify the kingdom. The Master replied, “I must commend your incredible work ethic! Your full genius will surely be on display when you take up rice farming instead of studying the classics. Truly, your wit is better suited to frontline warfare than composing histories, and your fecund mind to crafting cast iron instead of poems! Certainly a State of a thousand shi (士) will triumph over one with a thousand thousand gong (農) and shang (商).” The Legalist left without a word, because he was retarded (遲鈍的). The Master concluded his lecture: “Love the artisan and the farmer. You read by their candlelight and live by their toil. They may not possess your wisdom (智), but they will surely possess your virtue (德) if you show it to them.”
   
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 22:54:51 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @AnonymousBosch @rher This one indeed, is genuinely wise

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 22:55:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @AnonymousBosch @rher (Though TBH it’s a little too empathetic and human to be chinese)

   • Рождество Bosch (anonymousbosch@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 23:39:29 JST Рождество Bosch

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @rher You'd be shocked how humane Confucius was in his writings (it's one of the five values of his philosophy) and it's why his followers were buried alive and his books were burned by the emperors, and why draconian Legalism prevailed for centuries. Ironically, Legalism is also why there were so many revolutions (Love the story of the two generals delayed by weather: "What's the penalty for tardiness?" "Death." "What is the penalty for treason?" "Death." "Well, we're late.")
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