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Don't Be Confused with Chow Yuan Fat as Confucius

Chow Yuan Fat acted as Confucious in this movie. The 7 lessons I get from watching this epic: If you hate a person you are defeated by them What the superior man seeks is in himself, what the small man seeks is in others Whatever you go, go with all your heart When anger arises, think of the consequences Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished When it is obvious that goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop Confucius 孔子) is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher. The film was scheduled to screen later in 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the 2,560th birthday of Confucius himself. The film begins with Confucius as an old man, thinking back. Then we see him in his early 50s,

How Confucius Did It

If you were like most people who always say, "I'll do charity when I have money", or "I'll take care of my house once I got a big one", then you are having this syndrome called Perfection. Yes, perfection is an ideal but if you were to base your life on perfection, you'll never do it.  Like Confucius who lived in China 2,600 years ago, Confucius continued to teach even when his own country (Lu) was against him.  He was chased out of his own country and left wandering in 16 countries for 19 years but he never give up. Today, Confucius' teachings has become the national culture of many countries like the 2 Koreas, Taiwan and many Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia and North America. Because Confucius understood this important principle: there is never a perfect time to do anything .  As long as that thing you do is of importance to you and the society, now is the time to do it.   If you fear that you may do wrong, you can always correct it.   The