Clarification on Confucius quote preceding yesterday’s editorial
Harald Brüning I have been contacted by several readers – who happen also to be my friends including a local sinologist – about the quote that preceded yesterday’s editorial headed “Mature enough for reflection”. The quote attributed to Confucius reads: “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”I received the quote from a former Hong