Today's writing 1. 「仁內義外」(I was explaining the difference between Ren and Yi to a friend.) Basically, Zuyi gave the right answers, moreover: Ren --> bond with blood relatives Yi --> bond with people but not blood relatives In Confucianism, family is far more important than friends, bosses, strangers, etc. So you don't judge your family right or wrong, if you do so, you are not being a good man because you are not being Ren. Example(from Wikipedia-Ren): "In the Lunyu there is a parable about a man named "Upright" who reported his own father to the authorities after he discovered that his father had been stealing sheep. This would seem to conform with "right" behavior as the obligatory thing to do when you discover a thief is to report them. However, Confucius commented that such an act was in fact not correct. The relationship between a father and a son is more important than the laws or conventions regarding theft of property so the "righteous" thing to do according to Confucius would have been for the son to not report the crime." They are base of Confucianism, however, It is never the end of being a good man. Both Ren and Yi can be expanded to higher moral level. For example, Ren can expand to bonding with other people--"Love your fellow man". 2. Writing thoughts A: Jazz music is good. B: Yeah, most people just notice things on the beat, we seek and enjoy the things off the beat. A: I see why you said that the finish of this wine is long and dry now, thank you. B: Most people were impressed by the first taste of wine, they needed to change the way of tasting intentionally in order to feel the after taste(finish).