It notes that one should only make friends with three kinds of people and that eight rows of dancers are too many. Book V opens with the assertion that a woman may marry a man who was once imprisoned if that man has not done anything wrong, and Book XII asserts that the mark of the benevolent man is that he is loath to speak. Its twentieth and final section explains the importance of "five excellent practices" to a successful government, while in another a recluse is reprimanded for not joining society. It is in Book XV
It notes that one should only make friends with three kinds of people and that eight rows of dancers are too many. Book V opens with the assertion that a woman may marry a man who was once imprisoned if that man has not done anything wrong, and Book XII asserts that the mark of the benevolent man is that he is loath to speak. Its twentieth and final section explains the importance of "five excellent practices" to a successful government, while in another a recluse is reprimanded for not joining society. It is in Book XVI that the speaker sets out the most salient reasons for why his system should prevail in the empire. Advocating reverence for the Book of Songs and Compiled shortly after a certain sage died in 479 BCE and inspiring a passionate defense by such disciples as Mencius, for 10 points, identify this work that collects the philosophy of Confucius.
It notes that one should only make friends with three kinds of people and that eight rows of dancers are too many.
The Analects [or Lunyu]