Regret
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The Importance of Remorse in Confucianism
According to Confucius, achieving the Dow is something that depends on a combination of internal and external circumstances. There are many circumstances where you can be a good person and do everything in your power to develop the right dispositions but not achieve the Dow. Maybe for reasons that are completely outside of your control, you just can't land the right social position. And here Confucius says that it's actually okay to express regret about those circumstances. Even though they have nothing to do with you, you can express regret simply about the way the world is.
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