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Moral Education in Confucianism

Plakshi Jain compares ‘reflection’ and ‘learning’ as means of becoming good.

“If it receives its proper nourishment, there is nothing which will not grow. If it loses its proper nourishment, there is nothing which will not decay away.” – Mengzi (trans. James Legge)

“Blunt metal must await honing and grinding, only then does it become sharp. Since people’s nature is bad, they must await teachers and proper models, only then do they become correct.

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