Motif
Balanced character: substance and ornament
balanced_character_substance_and_ornament
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Sayings of Confucius INTRODUCTION / LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DISCIPLES / GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS / INDIVIDUAL VIRTUE; lines 1151-1272 confidence: high
Closing sayings contrast solidity and ornament, say a proper blend produces the higher type of man, state that all men are born good, and rank delighting in what is right above being fond of or merely knowing it.
The closing saying presents excess solidity as boorishness, excess ornament as superficial smartness, and their proper blending as producing the higher type of man.
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