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Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part One)

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Confucianism and the Drawbacks

The most excellent de do not strive to excel. Also de that they are of the highest efficacy. And it's because the least excellent do not leave off striving to excel, but they have no efficacy. So Confucianism and the drawbacks of them also a very clear decline. Not having virtue is best, having lower virtue is better. Having preventable Ren is not good, but it's better than having yi righteousness.

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