Introduction

Cultural Foundations of Learning East and West by Jin Lee. This is how the author separates or distinguishes Western from Confucian ways of thinking about what learning is for. The four themes in each tradition, she has divided them into four themes each. Number one, one, sounds the war which means perfect the self. Number two, ichian xiao wai yi ji zhen which means take the world upon oneself. And number three, shi ei shi mait d'a which means learning virtues.