Did Confucius Really Say That?!

Confucius was inarguably one of the wisest people who ever lived and he embodied an extraordinary fount of prescient knowledge; much of that knowledge was reflected in sayings he uttered throughout the years. Many, MANY of those sapient aphorisms have been well documented over time, but not all of them.That's right, not all of them.Implausibly, some kernels of empyreal Confucian wisdom have been hidden from public consumption for thousands of years, and I feel distinct pleasure in...
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Confucius was inarguably one of the wisest people who ever lived and he embodied an extraordinary fount of prescient knowledge; much of that knowledge was reflected in sayings he uttered throughout the years. Many, MANY of those sapient aphorisms have been well documented over time, but not all of them.That's right, not all of them.Implausibly, some kernels of empyreal Confucian wisdom have been hidden from public consumption for thousands of years, and I feel distinct pleasure in hereby announcing that much of that erstwhile hidden motherlode of intellectual wizardry is included within the pages of this new book. The great Chinaman expounds on a whole gamut of eclectic subjects in this new compilation of Confucian wisdom, so much so that an unlearned person might start believing the unrivaled Confucius was a hubristic know-it-all and not a transcendent scholar.Well, don't be guilty of making that mistake; nothing could be further from the truth! Confucius was at heart a humble man and the fact he knew more than virtually everyone else on this planet on nearly every subject imaginable must not be held against him. Confucius should be venerated, not ridiculed, for his stunning omniscience.Oh, and one other thing should be pointed out too: Not EVERY adage and witticism attributed to the salutary Confucius originated from his mouth, his scrivener's pen, and his incomparable brain. Some did not, but at this late date it is essentially impossible to winnow out exactly what Confucius did in fact say and what he did not say.My suggestion?Read this book with an open mind and then YOU be the official judge of whether any specific maxim from the myriad contained herein was first uttered by the precocious sage Confucius some 2500 years ago. That is the only logical method of addressing and subsequently validating the everlasting legacy of this brilliant Chinese philosopher who predated Jesus Christ by five hundred years, give or take.