Friday, March 25, 2005

Tzu Ssu

Pinyin  Zi Si,  also called  (Wade–Gile romanization) K'ung Chi  Chinese philosopher, grandson of Confucius, native of the ancient state of Lu (present Shantung province), and according to tradition, the author of the Doctrine of the Mean. This classic, now part of the Li Chi (“Record of Rites”) and classified as one of the Four Books, reaffirms Confucius' interpretation of the mean as the state of equilibrium (chung yung) of the exemplary

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