{"id":95259,"date":"2026-10-24T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95259"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:47:16","slug":"reflections-how-confucius-teachings-about-morality-still-apply-today-and-what-we-can-learn-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95259","title":{"rendered":"Reflections | How Confucius\u2019 teachings about morality still apply today and what we can learn from them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/22\/59440387-8c7c-41a5-b7db-b5eb70e239b4_0b6e824a.jpg?itok=kVqx0NHr&amp;v=1792645889\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">We recently hosted visitors from Malaysia at our place in the Czech Republic, happily guiding them around <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Prague<\/span> and several places beyond the capital, including a few that were new to us, too.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">There was much conviviality as the six of us explored beautiful Czech cities and towns, sampled hearty local cuisine and slipped effortlessly into the distinctive Malaysian-<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Singaporean patois<\/span> \u2013 a lively hybrid of English, Chinese, Malay and some Indian vocabulary and syntax \u2013 that comes naturally to many of us back home.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">It was a lovely 10 days, and it brought to mind a famous Chinese rhetorical question: \u201cIs it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?\u201d The line comes from the <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Analects<\/em>, the foundational collection of teachings by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Kongzi<\/span> (551-479BC), better known in the West as Confucius.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Analects<\/em> is a collection of sayings and conversations attributed to Kongzi and his disciples, compiled by his students and later followers. 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