“Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.” MenShouldMayMeanBloodCapableOpponentsShedRudeDisputesVindicatedMean Man Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.” MenWayMeanVirtueSuperiorsRuinsSuperior ManNotorietyConcealmentMean Man Book:The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean Source: The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean