The Ancients: Confucius

[@joshuawheatley2055]

Sir, I just want to thank you for making all these very insightful lectures public. You stand out as a lecturer in that you are able to keep the listener's attention the whole time. I think that I have almost every lecture on your channel that I have not listened to yet on my "watch later" list. Again, your generosity in sharing your knowledge is very much appreciated. Thank you.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

I love this video so much, whenever I feel lost I come and listen to it and it always helps me to find solutions, thx wes I really wish education like this was supported and encouraged more

[@kristiankjrsgaard1427]

Thank you for sharing this on KZbin. My partner and I enjoy listening to your lectures together here in Denmark.

[@COR2025]

"A person of character trying to do something is better than a person who may know exactly what to do, but has no character" 45:08

[@bondapovon]

Confucius did of course also see that even in a relative meritocracy like his that corruption would inevitably build up with nepotism, causing a government to become less and less efficient until it could no longer govern, then it would lose 'The Mandate of Heaven' and fall to a new, hopefully better, government. Every (native Han anyway) dynasty that overthrew a previous one used this rhetorical device. This is quite similar to the theory on the cycles of civilizations based off complacent rot and subsequent rise of new rulers from outside the ruling class who have high group-solidarity in Ibn Khaldun's Muqadimmah from the 14th Century. Which reminds me...that in the future it would be great if you did a lecture on Ibn Khaldun.

[@JoshuaStoltzis]

Count me in for $100 toward a Kickstarter to animate your lectures, Wes! Thank you from Frankfort, Michigan!

[@hinteregions]

I've no money but (or because, lols) I'm an audio transcriber and I'm up for making the transcripts and subtitles too!

[@samisaleh6186]

Thank you for uploading

[@tonymorgan8397]

So are the Chinese Concentration Camps effective application of Confucianism?

[@cheapshot2842]

Were the American concentration camps of the Japanese effective application of christianity or capitalism? Both?

[@hinteregions]

@@cheapshot2842 I am tempted to answer in the affirmative but that would be disingenuous; your point is well made.

[@SlugSage]

Thanks for this.

[@junxu4438]

Confucius idea of harmony is through maintaining strict hierarchy, even in music, different ranks of aristocracy were allowed to use different number of instruments for playing music, overall quite oppressive philosophy.

[@cybe9717]

Nice 720p video quality. Nah but seriously, I enjoy these. Thanks for uploading.

[@aMulliganStew]

23:46 Might I suggest "The Happy Vulcan's Dog"?

[@openscienceerichoeven4255]

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[@marcustulliuscicero9512]

10:50 I'll be back

[@bob1881]

Great audio lecture! Great rhythm, delivery, and humor A tip? 💡 How about adding some background music? Make a great thing even better 😊.

[@yasha12isreal]

Please do Albert Camus.

[@benquinney2]

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake

[@johnpoulsen7582]

Wes....Do you know why you said "bless you" when that person sneezed?

[@JacquesduPlessis11]

Social norm of politeness

[@AncientOrange]

He was trying to exorcise a demon from the sneezer

[@MoeShinola1]

Big +1 for Lin Yu-Tang.

[@meeklynobody3230]

Confucianism = "Relative" Stability.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Yang

[@AndrewStruthers]

Confucius wants you to make your bed and says drain the swamp. He’s part Jordan Peterson and part Donald Trump and all BOSS!

[@hinteregions]

Confucius is part pseudo-philosopher charlatan and part monstrously amoral fool? Fair enough :D

[@abc-hi6df]

Make your bed..... now I know where Jordan Peterson gets his clean your room mantra.

[@nickgogan]

fourtwenty fourseven hm, bastardized seems a bit harsh. He seems to be working on the level of the philosophical and psychological as he states. People keep trying to drag him into the political realm, but he applies the principle of least action there as much as possible

[@nickgogan]

fourtwenty fourseven The fact that you can’t see these as full-fledged domains without connecting them to politics showcases depth of the current malaise.

[@HxH2011DRA]

@@KanyeWesticlez u right don't listen to this dude

[@neverlost26]

6th!

[@JCResDoc94]

some1 missed the like button

[@hendalagedonsumanaratne8669]

What is the basis for sorting out viewers' comments? It is unfair to remove comments in ad hock manner without any proper base and which are counter arguing some facts. It is not philosophy, isn't it?

[@JCResDoc94]

Ur the past, oh ancient one - get a twitter acnt already.

[@TrentonGauthier]

The idea that Martin Shkreli is simply a "third-rate human being" is ill-informed groupthink. He certainly isn't a role model for me, but he has, on several occasions made good arguments for his company's actions and the neccesity of the massive price increase.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Bribable

[@ou-rb2gv]

I had to I give you a thumbs down on this one. I think there is a huge difference between Confucius, and Confucianism(and things like neo-confucianism.) Confucianism is something that has gone astray. Even Confucius wasn't perfect in his ideology. You pointed out the Prime Minister of China as being Confucius, most likely. But this same person chastising the nobility around him for having poor character, is the leader of a party that killed 3/4ths the amount of ppl that died in WWII. On top of that, he then appointed himself Prime Minister for the rest of his life. Thereby negating a democratic voting system. Confucianism still oppresses a lot of Asian women today, even in their own families...So, you're not painting a realistic picture here with your favouritism of Confucianism. Supposedly Confucius himself saw himself as a failure because he never became the right hand advisor of an emperor. That's classically Confucius. There's lots of great things about Confucius, but Confucianism is very much a total FUBAR.

[@ou-rb2gv]

I look forward to listening to more of your lectures. Thanks for the uploads.

[@IronDogger]

I was wondering why anyone would thumb this lecture down, so thank you for explaining yourself. You missed what he said entirely if that is still your take from this lecture. He clearly points out the difference between the man and the movement. He said the speech that the PM gave was that of Confucian ideology and how shocking it would be for the politicians from the US to have made that same speech. He in no way shows favoritism towards Confucianism, rather the informational ideology behind it and clearly poses the question; what if humans actually lived by these guidelines and principles of morals and education, valuing art expression, etc and how different our world would be. Thumbing down this lecture because of a simple lack of comprehension should be reconsidered and even possibly rectified.

[@hinteregions]

@@IronDogger Beautifully said.