Analects 3:3
Confucius said “If a man has no humaneness what can his
propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness, what can his music be like?”
[Comment] since humaneness is the essence of all positive
human attributes, without it, how they can truly operate.
I will interpret it as “if a man has no goodness, what can
his nature be like?” If a man has no goodness in him, he will not be loved by
others because his attitude towards others is not good. If his nature is not
good, he will never have harmony in his life. Just like in the other sentence
that states the question, if a man has no humaneness, what can his music be
like, as I can understand, music is the reflection of what a man feel and an
expression of the behavior of man. If a man has no humaneness, his music will
not be harmonious and good to hear and he will just construct or make a music
that has no harmony or rhythm. Unlike when you have humaneness in you, it will
reflect in your music and it will create a harmonious music out of it.
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