In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.


A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects (ed. Columbia Univ Pr, 1973)


In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.