Confucius: Key Characteristics And Traits Of A Noble Person
In this passage Confucius expands upon the key characteristics and traits that a noble person must have. The opening sentence is stating the importance of always trying to improve as a person and never being satisfied and full, the sentence uses metaphors of food and dwellings to show this. A nobleman must be extremely careful and diligent in all of his undertakings in order to get the most out of them. A noble person cannot have the perception of someone who does not have the correct grammar or slurs his words. In order to be a nobleman you must appear noble to the masses and having good speech is a good start for that. In the passage above Confucius states how one should only be friends with people at your own level, this next sentence is