Comments on: Confucius: The River Flows On http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/02/24/confucius-the-river-flows-on/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/02/24/confucius-the-river-flows-on/#comment-1624 Doug Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:03:38 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3280#comment-1624 Kuei-sen, that was a really thougtful reply and made me think. Nice work! :) Kuei-sen, that was a really thougtful reply and made me think. Nice work! :)

]]> By: Kuei-sen Chen http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/02/24/confucius-the-river-flows-on/#comment-1620 Kuei-sen Chen Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:19:28 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3280#comment-1620 It is said that the talks Confucius gave were not always confined in classroom settings. He traveled together with the students to various places such as cities, mountains and rivers, and his wisdom flew out naturally and turned into words to point out the essence of a thought at that moment when they captured a sight at that spot. So I imagine one day Confucius and his students traveled to a river bank. They saw the current of the river was constantly pushing forward. In sight of this nature's phenomenon, he alerted his student time could not be turned back and there were a lot to be done in our limited lifetime. It is said that the talks Confucius gave were not always confined in classroom settings. He traveled together with the students to various places such as cities, mountains and rivers, and his wisdom flew out naturally and turned into words to point out the essence of a thought at that moment when they captured a sight at that spot.

So I imagine one day Confucius and his students traveled to a river bank. They saw the current of the river was constantly pushing forward. In sight of this nature’s phenomenon, he alerted his student time could not be turned back and there were a lot to be done in our limited lifetime.

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