by SPJ on Fri May 22, 2009 7:02 am
it is a difficult question to answer
the answer would be that we have to analyse or think about what we learn
so that the learning becomes our own
just as if we eat some food, we have to digest it or break it down to smaller units/molecules, our body then absorbs the nutrients and makes proteins of our own etc or assimilates it into our body.
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Kong Fu Zi was a great thinker and not the inventor of confusion.
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most important of all, his thinking may be learned from dialogues between him and his students. there were many questions and answers.
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KFZ proposed the ideal society and how a country may be runned, it is Li.
even thou, his ideas were not acceptted during his life time. however, his thinking or THOUGHTS greatly influenced Chinese culture even today.
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labor is not a good translation, may be effort is better.
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on the other hand, if we think too much without learning some more facts or experiencing more life, then the thinking is limited
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which means we have to study a lot, travel a lot or experience life a lot
and we have to think a lot
which was what KFZ did, he travelled among 6 kingdoms. He taught a lot students.
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etc etc
so thinking and learning are both important.