In the canon
The Great Learning
Zengzi
- Form
- Form Philosophy
- Year
- Year 400 BCE
- Originally in
- Originally in Classical Chinese
- Pages
- Pages 60
Nine characters were cut into the washing basin of an ancient king, where he met them every morning: renew yourself one day, renew yourself daily, renew again day by day. That inscription is quoted inside a text shorter than most letters, and it carries the whole method.
What the Great Learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.
The blurb, the gist, the why of the day and the work itself are in the app. The first button needs it on this device; the second gets it there.