#ZhuXi

“He died a banned heretic — and within little more than a century, his interpretation of Confucius became the official examination answer for the largest civil service on earth, and stayed that way for six hundred years.”

“Everything that exists is a partnership of li (pattern, principle) and qi (vital stuff-energy) — and because that pattern lives in you as your true nature, a disciplined life of study and attention can polish you into a sage.”