Confucius Quote

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.


Li Chi: Book of Rites (ed. 1967)


It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.