First things first: if you feel an earthquake, resist the urge to run outside. Modern buildings are usually designed to withstand large earthquakes, especially in areas where earthquakes happen frequently, but windows can shatter onto the street below, and exterior masonry may fall off as well. This means there’s a greater chance you’ll be hurt if you’re near a building during an earthquake than if you’re in it. Stay put.

When You Are Inside A Building

Get away from trees and power lines (both of which may topple), as well as buildings (which likely won’t fall but may drop debris on you). If you can shelter in place, do so.

When You Are Outside A Building

<ul><li>Pull over to the side of the road, stop, and set the parking brake.</li><li>Avoid overpasses, bridges, power lines, signs, and other hazards.</li><li>Stay inside the vehicle until the shaking stops, then proceed carefully by avoiding fallen debris, cracked or shifted payment, and emergency vehicles.</li><li>If a power line falls on the car, stay inside until a trained person removes the wire.</li></ul>

If You Are In A Car Or Driving

<ul><li>DROP: Wherever you are, drop onto your hands and knees. This position helps keep you from being knocked down and allows you to crawl to shelter.</li><li>COVER: With one arm and hand, cover your head and neck. If there is a nearby desk or table, crawl under it for shelter. If there’s no shelter, crawl next to an interior wall away from windows.</li><li>HOLD ON: If you’re under shelter, hold onto it with one hand. If there’s no shelter, hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.</li></ul>

Drop, Cover And Hold On

<ul><li>Do not run outside. Do: Shelter in place using Drop, Cover, and Hold On. </li><li>Do not get in a doorway. Do: Shelter in place under a table. In modern houses and buildings, doorways are no safer, and they do not protect you from flying or falling objects.</li><li>Do not make phone calls. Do: Text. A text will have a better chance of getting through than a phone call, which is more likely to experience network congestion. Too many calls can overload the communications grid, making it harder for first responders to get their calls. Likewise, don’t call 911 unless you’re experiencing a true emergency. </li></ul>

What NOT To Do In An Earthquake

Here's what you need to know to survive in these extreme situations

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What to do in an Earthquake? Important Survival & Safety Tips

Research shows that most people who worry too much have difficulty tolerating uncertainty.Whenever they are not 100% sure about Something, even a small question like whether there will be enough parking space at the doctor's office, they tend to worry.But almost everything in life is uncertain because no one can predict the future. If alot of your worries are caused by insecurity,the best way to deal with it is to be more comfortable and sometimes not know it.

1. Increase Your Tolerance For Uncertainty

You can use deep breathing exercises to control your worry and anxiety.Deep breathing is very effective in managing short-term anxiety. If you feel anxious, try taking 10 or 20 slow, deep breaths to calm yourself down.Inhale as deeply as possible, holding the air in your lungs for a few seconds and exhaling slowly. Other effective relaxation techniques include centring, meditation, and mindfulness.

2. Use Relaxation Techniques:

Contrary to current problem solving,concerns about hypothetical situations can not always be addressed by immediate action.For example, taking action today cannot eliminate the worry that your baby will be sick later.Some things are out of your control. The best way to deal with your fear is to write an anxiety script for a hypothetical problem.

3. Write a Warning Script For Concerns About aHypothetical Sit

Anxiety can spiral out of control when you can't let go of a problem too big or too complicated to solve.Instead, try to focus on the things you can Control. Stick to a routine and maintain your regular maintenance network as much as possible. And strive to do things that have a positive impact and have an endpoint.For example, instead of constantly worrying about your neighbors, check-in, do something practical to help, and then stop worrying for a while.

4. Focus On The Things You Can Control:

Laughter is a great way to increase good feelings and relieve tension.The problem for anxious clients is that they take life so seriously that they stop having fun in their life and stop experiencing life's funny moments.Everything becomes a potential problem, not a way of finding joy or pleasure.

5. Have a Good Time

Do constant worry and anxious thoughts
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Understand yourself and those around you.

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<ul><li>The person with most answers is considered smart,however it's not completely true .</li><li>The ability to ask complex questions and curiosity to find it's answer by critical thinking is the key to smartness .</li></ul>

Ask Questions 

<ul><li>Reading across genre is one of the most frequent thing smart people do.</li><li>Actually its their curiosity that makes them do it and temperament towards learning .</li><li>We should learn from this and adapt cross genre reading.</li></ul>

Read Across Genre 

<ul><li>Smart people know whom to prioritise,so they value mutual companionship .</li><li>Time spent with smart people is never wasted as you always have something to learn .</li><li>We should take time & efforts to hangout with them as it's an opportunity to learn new things.</li></ul>

Hangout With Smart People 

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<ul><li>Smart people know the value of words ,so they think before speaking .</li><li>This makes their words more listenable & dominant because they make more sense .</li><li>It's always better to speak less than to speak/create blunders .</li></ul>

Take Time To Think

<ul><li>Smart people don't set unrealistic goals but they know what they want from workout.</li><li>They excercise frequently to maintain a good balance between physical & mental health as both are related to some points .</li><li>They do it for the dopamine hit & enjoy the process over results which takes time .</li></ul>

Excercise Frequently 

<ul><li>Eating healthy is essential for maintaining a good wellbeing </li><li>Smart people understand this and eat healthy food over junk.</li><li>Its their eating choices that makes them smart .</li></ul>

Prioritise Eating Healthy

<ul><li>Anoting things that matters is essential,& smart people understand this .</li><li>They keep a diary with them so that they can be more accountable to things related to them .</li><li>A diary makes things easy as everything is structured.</li></ul>

Keeping a diary

<ul><li>Smart people don't get bothered by what perception people will have about them/work.</li><li>They experiment and learn from them . They have a tendency to learn from their mistakes & experiences.</li></ul>

Do Something New , Even It's Imperfect .

<ul><li>Smart people don't keep knowledge limited to reading ,they apply it and take benefits from them .</li><li>Once something works for them they share it with others who needs it ,via any resource </li></ul>

Apply & Share Knowledge.

<ul><li>Smart people are super selective in terms of what they want from something.</li><li>They prioritise things that actually add value .</li><li>They avoid unnecessary efforts & say no to unrequired things.</li></ul>

Be Selective In What You Put Efforts In.

<ul><li>They understand the importance of work and its quality .</li><li>So smart people take rest breaks between work to feel refreshed & maintain certain quality.</li><li>Their criteria is qualitative work over quantitative.</li></ul>

Take Short Break At Work

<ul><li>Smart people stay organized as it becomes easy to stay accountable of things and events.</li><li>They take it as an initiative towards improving themselves.</li><li>This is how they avoid messy situation.</li></ul>

Learn How To Be Organised 

<ul><li>Smart people deeply observe behaviours of people around them.</li><li>It's a criteria for them to select whom to focus on .</li><li>They stay with People with whom they are comfortable & avoid others humbly</li></ul>

Study Others Behaviours 

<ul><li>This is what makes them smart .</li><li>They observe everything & makes perception </li><li>However ,they are smart to make it flexible. This is what makes them super adaptive .</li></ul>

Be Actively Observant.

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The following suggestions about how to build trust were provided by Carthage Buckley, a stress and performance coach.

How to Build Trust: 12 General Tips

The point of building trust is for others to believe what you say. Keep in mind, however, that building trust requires not only keeping the promises you make but also not making promises you’re unable to keep.Keeping your word shows others what you expect from them, and in turn, they’ll be more likely to treat you with respect, developing further trust in the process.

1. Be true to your word and follow through with your actions

Poor communication is a major reason why relationships break down. Good communication includes being clear about what you have or have not committed to and what has been agreed upon.Building trust is not without risk. It involves allowing both you and others taking risks to prove trustworthiness. To navigate this, effective communication is key. Without it, you may find the messages you’ve intended to send aren’t the messages that are received.

2. Learn how to communicate effectively with others

Building trust is a daily commitment. Don’t make the mistake of expecting too much too soon. In order to build trust, first take small steps and take on small commitments and then, as trust grows, you will be more at ease with making and accepting bigger commitments. Put trust in, and you will generally get trust in return.

3. Remind yourself that it takes time to build and earn trust

Only make commitments that you are happy to agree to. Have the courage to say “no,” even when it disappoints someone. If you agree to something and can’t follow through, everyone involved is worse off.Be clear about what you have on your plate, and keep track of your commitments. Being organized is a necessary part of building trust with family, friends, and colleagues. It enables you to make a clear decision as to whether to agree to requests of your time and energy.

4. Take time to make decisions and think before acting too quickly

Trust often results from consistency. We tend to have the most trust in people who are there for us consistently through good times and bad. Regularly showing someone that you’re there for them is an effective way to build trust.

5. Value the relationships that you have—and don’t take them for granted

When you take an active role in a team and make contributions, people are more likely to respect and trust you. It’s also imperative when building trust in a team to show your willingness to trust others.Being open and willing to make contributions and to engage demonstrates this. In other words, take what others say into consideration, show that you are listening actively, suggest your thoughts and feedback in a respectful way, and demonstrate that you are willing to be part of the team.

6. Develop your team skills and participate openly

The message you convey should always, always be the truth. If you are caught telling a lie, no matter how small, your trustworthiness will be diminished.

7. Always be honest

Helping another person, even if it provides no benefit to you, builds trust. Authentic kindness helps to build trust.

8. Help people whenever you can

Being open about your emotions is often an effective way to build trust. Furthermore, if people know that you care, they are more likely to trust you.Emotional intelligence plays a role in building trust. Acknowledging your feelings, learning the lessons that prevail, and taking productive action means that you won’t deny reality—this is the key to building trust.

9. Don’t hide your feelings

Acknowledgment and appreciation play an important role in building trust and maintaining good relationships. Recognizing and appreciating the efforts of others shows your talent for leadership and teamwork and increases the trust others have in you.On the other hand, if people don’t demonstrate appreciation for a good deed, they appear selfish. Selfishness destroys trust.

10. Don’t always self-promote

Doing something purely for approval means sacrificing your own values and beliefs. This decreases trust in yourself, your values, and your beliefs. Always doing what you believe is right, even when others disagree, will lead others to respect your honesty.Interestingly, when building trust, you must be willing to upset others on occasion. People tend not to trust those who simply say whatever they think others want to hear.

11. Always do what you believe to be right

When you attempt to hide your mistakes, people know that you are being dishonest. By being open, you show your vulnerable side, and this helps build trust with other people.This is because they perceive you to be more like them—everyone makes mistakes. If you pretend that you never make mistakes, you’ll make it difficult for others to trust you because you have created an unnecessary difference between the two of you. When all that a person sees is the “perfection” you project, they likely won’t trust you.

12. Admit your mistakes

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”-George MacDonald “Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”-Stephen Covey

Quotes on Trust

This article explains how to build trust and the importance of trust in relationships as the keystone of successful and healthy relationships.

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10 Ways To Build Trust in a Relationship

I believe that luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re fully prepared for it.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you’ve always envisioned for yourself.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

To accomplish great things, we need to not only act but also dream. We need to not only plan but also believe. Best wishes!

May you get all of your wishes except for one. That way, you always have something to strive for.

Shallow men believe in luck, while strong men believe in cause and effect.

The mother of good luck is diligence.

The only good luck that many great people had was being born with the determination and ability to overcome bad luck.

Luck is predictable. If you want more luck, be more active and take more chances. Show up more often and the luck will follow.

Always try your luck at once a day. Otherwise, you could be walking around lucky all day long and not even know it.

Inspiration is something you can’t always control, but hard work and determination are what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means hard work, so keep up the good work!

Keep your biggest wishes and goals close to your heart. Dedicate time to them each and every day. If you truly care about your dreams and work diligently to achieve them, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.

Luck is yours, and wishes are mine. May your future always shine.

Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from your safe harbour, and catch a trade wind in your sails.

Luck is not chance,It’s toil.Fortune’s expensive smile,Is earned.The Father of the Mine,Is that old-fashioned coin,We spurned.

If you struggle to find the right words, these expressions are the perfect thing to write down in a good luck card or send in a text message before your loved one takes off.

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FAMOUS QUOTES & POEMS THAT GIVE WISHES OF GOOD LUCK

The 6 steps are -   • SELF-IMAGE • RELATIONSHIP • GOALS • ATTITUDE • WORK • DESIRE

Success is a 6 step staircase:

Your opinion of yourself. This is often reflected in your self-talk and affects your level of confidence<ul><li>Practice Positive Self Talk </li><li>Spend more alone time -get to know thyself</li></ul>

Self Image 

How do you relate to other people in your life? Your family, friends, colleagues, customers, etc.Your Self-image is often reflected in your relationships and how you treat others.<ul><li>Be Honest </li><li>Be knd </li></ul>

Relationships

Having goals is having a compass that directs you in the vast ocean of life.• Write down your goals • Record your progress• Review and revise your plan Play the long game - think in terms of your long-term future while smashing those short-term goals.

Goals

Your attitude determines the effort you are willing to put into achieving excellence. This is a reflection of what you think of yourself and your place in the world.

Attitude

Mans's greatest desire is to contribute to the legacy of humanity and this can be expressed in the work that you do. Your level of fulfillment is in proportion to the depth and importance of the work you are doing. We can't all be Elon Musk but one can simply offer a helping hand in their community to get the same fulfillment. You don't need to build rockets even a simple donation to the needy is a great fulfillment of your human purpose.

Work

How deeply do you want excellence? Your level of desire to achieve what you want will carry you forth during the low tides of your journey.• Remember your WHY

Desire

"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. "

"The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude ab

"Lack of DIRECTION, not lack of TIME is the problem. We all have 24 hour days."

“The story of life repeatedly assures you that if you will use what you have, you will be given more to use.”

“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

"The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem."

I don't know about you but I'm headed to the TOP of the world!!!

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"Congratulations on your fascinating book. I have learned much from reading it and, of course, feel its strong motivational quality. It is unusual and different and is bound to do a lot for any person who reads and applies its principles." -Norman Vincent PealeFor more than three decades, Zig Ziglar, one of the great motivators of our age, traveled the world, encouraging, uplifting, and inspiring audiences. His groundbreaking best seller, See You at the Top, remains an authentic American classic. Its basic premise-that you can get everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want-has guided generations of readers to personal success.This revised and updated twenty-fifth anniversary edition stresses the importance of honesty, loyalty, faith, integrity, and strong personal character. See You at the Top emphasizes the value of a healthy self-image and shows how to build it. Setting personal goals is an essential part of any program for success. This important book tells you how to set-and achieve-those goals and provides step-by-step instructions on how to change the way you think about yourself and your surroundings.See You at the Top is widely used by corporations large and small, schools, government agencies, correctional institutions, and sales organizations-wherever motivation and self-improvement are considered major priorities. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages, including French and Spanish, and has sold more than one million hardcover copies. It is also available from Pelican as a CD, mp3, and audiocassette.

Zig Ziglar was a motivational teacher and trainer who traveled the world over, delivering his messages of humor, hope, and encouragement. As a talented author and speaker, he had international appeal that transcended every color, culture, and career. Recognized by his peers as the quintessential motivational genius of our times, Zig Ziglar had a unique delivery style and powerful messages that earned him many honors. Today he is considered one of the most versatile authorities on the science of human potential. Ten of his twenty-eight books have been on bestseller lists, and his titles have been translated into more than thirty-eight languages and dialects. He was a committed family man, a dedicated patriot, and an active church member.

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See You at the Top

“I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that’s the job of art.”—Andre Dubus III

“So good, so damn compulsively readable, that I can hardly believe it.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly In his stunning follow-up to the #1 best-selling House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus draws us into the lives of three deeply flawed, driven people whose paths intersect on a September night in Florida. April, a stripper, has brought her daughter to work at the Puma Club for Men. There she encounters Bassam, a foreign client both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club, and he’s drunk and angry and lonely. From these explosive elements comes a relentless, raw, and page-turning narrative that seizes the reader by the throat with psychological tension, depth, and realism.

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“So good, so damn compulsively readable, that I can hardly believe it.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly In his stunning follow-up to the #1 best-selling House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus draws us into the lives of three deeply flawed, driven people whose paths intersect on a September night in Florida. April, a stripper, has brought her daughter to work at the Puma Club for Men. There she encounters Bassam, a foreign client both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club, and he’s drunk and angry and lonely. From these explosive elements comes a relentless, raw, and page-turning narrative that seizes the reader by the throat with psychological tension, depth, and realism.

Andre Dubus III

The Garden of Last Days: A Novel

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

We're going old school on this one.Believed to be rockin' it in the 5th/6th centuryBCE (around the same time as Lao Tzu and Buddha), Confucius was super passionate about learning and developing himself into the best person he could be according to the dictates of his classic society.I think you'll appreciate the mining I've done for us and trust you'll enjoy this quick tour of the classic book!

 Intro 

"The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts."Nice.As it turns out (and as you know if you've read many of these Notes), this theme is echoed across the literature.The first words of one of the core texts of Buddhism. The Dhammapada (see Notes), tell us the same thing: "Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think."

Let There Be No Evil In Your Thoughts 

While Marcus Aurelius (see Notes on Meditations) advises us to watch how we're soaking our mind: Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible."And, Shakespeare tells us that nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so and Wayne Dyer tells us that when we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. So, how's your mind? Are you letting "evil thoughts" cruise around in there unchecked?

"The Master said, (the good man) does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs."Love that.Where's your focus?Are you frustrated people aren't seeing your wonderful qualities? How about we shift that around a bit and only allow anxiety to arise if WE fail to see the merits of others? (Interestingly, my gut is that as we fully make that switch others are a LOT more likely to see our good qualities as well, eh? :)

Recognizing Merit

"The Master said, He does not mind not being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.""He does not mind failing to get recognition: he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition."Do you feel like you deserve more recognition in some aspect of your life?

Doing The Things That Need To Be Done

What might happen if you took that energy you're spending being upset/frustrated about not getting recognition and simply DID the things that would unquestionably entitle you to recognition?(My hunch is it'd be good. :)So I say we follow the Master's mojo and focus our energy on what needs to be done. :)

"The Master said, In the presence of a good man, think all the time how you may learn to equal him. In the presence of o bad man, turn your gaze within!"Love it.Confucius says it another way as well: "The Master said, Even when walkin in a party of no more than three I can always be certain of learning from those ! am with. There will be good qualities that I can select for imitation and bad ones that will teac me what requires correction in myself."Isn't that a great approach?If we let it be, life is our classroom rich wit opportunities to expand our perspective and develop our consciousness.

I Can Always Be Certain Of Learning 

So, the next time we're in the company of someone who we find a little less than inspiring, rather than criticize or get irritated, let's see if we can see how WE have those same qualities we find offensive in others and do some work on correcting them within ourselves, shall we?!? :)And, of course, let's see how we can develop those admirable qualities we find in others as well!

"The Master said, Give me a few more years, so that I may have spent a whole fifty in study, and believe that after all I should be fairly free from error." It's awesome how humble Confucius is about the time it takes to truly master his life. He says this as well: "The Master said, At fifteen set my heart upon learning. At thirty, had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty. I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with a docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no

50 Years Of Study Would Do It

longer overstepped the boundaries of right."And this: "One who will study for three years without thought of reward would be hard indeed to find."Vernon Howard puts it this way: "Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud."

So, are you feeling a little impatient about growth in a certain area of your life?Confucius would prolly advise us to chillax on the stress and just get back to doing the necessary work.

"As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I om going forward, then I shall be making progress."That's awesome.As they say, when you're climbing a mountain, it doesn't matter how many times you give up as long as you're feet keep moving. :)Your feet moving?You tipping another basketful?

Making A Mound 

"The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man connot be deprived of his purpose."Purpose, purpose, purpose.We talk about this one a lot, too, eh?!? :)It's Deepak's seventh spiritual law in his Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (see Notes). In his words: "Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of goals."

Your Commanding Officer 

Abraham Maslow (see Notes on Motivation and Personality) likes to say: "Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization."While Emerson (see Notes) says: "Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society."So.. What's your purpose?

I always love Gay Hendricks answer to that question (see Notes on The Big Leap and Conscious Living): "My purpose was this: to expand in love and creativity every day and to assist those who are interested to expand in their ability to be more loving and creative."

"There is one single thread binding my way together.. the way of the Master consists in doing one's best... that is all."One of the main themes of Confucianism is becoming the ideal person, chun yu, who embodies virtue, which is very similar to the Greek concept of aretė.As I've mentioned a few times in these Notes, the classic Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle talk about the idea that the meaning of life is happiness and, if we want to consistently live with happiness, we need to live with what they call areté a word that directly translates as "virtue" or "excellence"

The Way Of The Master

but has a deeper meaning, something closer to "striving to do your best" moment to moment to moment.When we're fully showing up in any given moment, there's no difference between what we're capable of being and what we're actually being.And, when that's the case, we feel bliss.As Don Miguel Ruiz says while describing the fourth of his Four Agreements (see Notes): "There is just one more agreement, but it's the one that allows the other three to become deeply ingrained habits. The fourth agreement is about the action of the first three: Always do your best."

He continues: "Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less. But keep in mind that your best is never going to be the same from one moment to the next. Everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best will sometimes be high quality, and other times it will not be as good."Our best changes from day to day and even moment to moment, but how're you doing with It?!?

This is a new translation of the Analects (Lun Yu) of Confucius, the 5th-century BC Chinese sage whose influence on Chinese and other East Asian cultures is still felt today. Huang's translation is more literal than any available version, and is accompanied by notes that explain unfamiliar terms and concepts and provide historical and cultural context.

In the long river of human history, if one person can represent the civilization of a whole nation, it is perhaps Master Kong, better known as Confucius in the West. If there is one single book that can be upheld as the common code of a whole people, it is perhaps Lun Yu, or The Analects. Surely few individuals in history have shaped their country's civilization more profoundly than Master Kong. The great Han historiographer, Si-ma Qian, writing 2,100 years ago said, "He may be called the wisest indeed!" And, as recently as 1988, at a final session of the first international conference of Nobel prize-winners in Paris, the seventy-five participants, fifty-two of whom were scientists, concluded: "If mankind is to survive, it must go back twenty- five centuries in time to tap the wisdom of Confucius". This is a man whose influence in world history is truly incomparable. His sayings (and those of his disciples) form the basis of a distinct social, ethical, and intellectual system.They have retained their freshness and vigour for two and a half millennia, and are still admired in today's China. Compiled by pupils of Confucius's disciples half a century after the Master's death, The Analects of Confucius laid the foundation of his philosophy of humanity—a philosophy aimed at "cultivating the individual's moral conduct, achieving family harmony, bringing good order to the state and peace to the empire". Containing 501 very succinct chapters (the longest do not exceed fifteen lines and the shortest are less than one) and organized into twenty books, the collection comprises mostly dialogues between the Master and his disciples and contemporaries. The ethical tenets Confucius put forth not only became the norm of conduct for the officialdom and intelligentsia, but also had a profound impact on the behaviour of the common people.The great sage's unique integration of humanity and righteousness (love and reason) struck a powerful chord in all who attempted to understand his moral philosophy. As the translator Chichung Huang contends, "What ethical principle laid down by man could be more sensible that none which blends the best our heart can offer with the best our mind can offer as the guiding light for our conduct throughout our lives?". Ever timely, Confucius's teachings on humanity (family harmony in particular) and righteousness may well serve as a ready-made cure for today's ills in an era which human beings are blinded by force and lust, not unlike Confucius's own day. Far more literal than any English version still in circulation, this brilliant new rendition of The Analects helps the reader not only to acquire and accurate and lucid understanding of the original text, but also to appreciate the imagery, imagery, parallelism, and concision of its classical style.The translator Chichung Huang, a Chinese scholar born in a family of Confucian teachers and schooled in one of the last village Confucian schools in South China, brings to this treasure of world literature a sure voice that captures the power and subtleties of the original. Vivid, simple, and eminently readable, this illuminating work makes the golden teachings of the sage of the East readily available to anyone in search of them.

Confucius,

The Analects of Confucius (Lun Yu)

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