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VIA Video wall and digital signage goodness at Infocomm 2014.

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If you’re a small restaurant with a limited marketing budget, how do you create eye-catching content for your digital signage system? This Chinese restaurant opposite Taipei Arena has the answer: keep it simple.

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I seem to have digital signage on the brain these days, particularly when I’m walking around the mean streets of Taipei. Not a single installation I come across fails to capture the attention of my eyes and smart phone camera. Perhaps I was a train spotter in my previous life....

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I can’t say I was in much of a World Cup mood after England’s defeat against Italy this morning, but that didn’t stop me from poking around the showcase zone promoting the event nearby the Mitsukoshi Department Store.

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Introducing the VIA Video Wall Mini.

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Digital signage done right at the Auwei hotel in Chongqing.

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Sichuan food done right at Chen Mapo Bean Curd Restaurant (陈麻婆).

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The wisdom of Confucius brought to you by the digital signage system installed in the baggage carousels at Shenzhen Bao’an Airport.

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HTC One M8 experience zone pavilion featuring VIA Puzzle video wall.

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New English translation of Book 20 of the Analects of Confucius.

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Confucius said: 'If you don’t understand the Will of Heaven you cannot become a man of character. If you don’t understand the rites, you cannot become a complete person. If you don’t understand the meaning of words, you cannot understand people.'

Analects of Confucius, Book 20, Chapter 3

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Zizhang asked Confucius: “What qualities must you have in order to be fit to take part in government?” Confucius said: “If you cultivate the five virtues and cast out the four evils you are fit to govern.” Zizhang asked: “What are the five virtues?” Confucius said: “A man of virtue is generous without having to spend anything; he inspires people to work hard without complaining; he is ambitious without being greedy; he is confident without being arrogant; he is imposing without being frightening.” Zizhang said: “How can you be ‘generous without having to spend anything’?” Confucius said: “If you let the people take advantage of what is beneficial for them, aren’t you being generous without having to spend anything? If you assign the people to work on tasks that are reasonable, who will complain? If your ambition is to be virtuous and you accomplish it, how can you be greedy? If a man of character treats everyone equally no matter whether they are many or few or humble or great, he is confident without being arrogant. If a man of character wears his robe and cap correctly, his gaze is straight, and he carries himself with a dignified air that inspires the people’s awe, he is imposing but not frightening.” Zizhang said: “What are the four evils?” Confucius said: “If you execute people without attempting to reform them you are being cruel; if you carry out an inspection of a public works project without giving a prior warning you are being tyrannical; if you expect the immediate completion of a project after being slow to approve it, you are acting like a thief; if you are tight-fisted in paying people what is rightfully theirs, you are being bureaucratic.”

Analects of Confucius, Book 20, Chapter 2

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Yao said: Oh, Shun! The Heavenly succession was bestowed upon you; hold faithfully to the Middle Way; if the people within the Four Seas fall into suffering and penury, the honors bestowed on you by Heaven gift will be taken away forever. Shun passed the same message to Yu. Tang said, “I, the humble Lu, dare to sacrifice a black bull and dare to make this declaration before the great Lord. I dare not pardon those who are guilty. Your servants cannot hide anything from you. You have already judged them in your heart. If I am guilty, please do not punish the people of the myriad states because of me; but if the people of the myriad states are guilty, let the responsibility lie with me alone.” “The House of Zhou was greatly blessed. Good people were its riches.” “Although I have my own kinsmen, I prefer to rely on virtuous men. If the common people do wrong, let their faults fall on my head alone. If I set the standards for weights and measures, restore the offices that have been abolished, and the authority of the government will reach everywhere. If I restore the states that have been destroyed; revive the broken dynastic lines, and bring back to office great men who were sent into exile, I will win the hearts of the people throughout the world. Give priority to the people; food; mourning; and sacrifice. If I am tolerant I will win the masses. If I am trustworthy, the people will entrust me with responsibility. If I am enthusiastic, I will achieve success. If I am fair and just, I will bring happiness to the people.”

Analects of Confucius, Book 20, Chapter 1

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New English translation of Book 19 of the Analects of Confucius.

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One of the big new trends we are seeing in the digital signage and video wall market is the emergence of a new segment for what we call pop-up signage. This comprises temporary installations for events such as press conferences, tradeshows, festivals, and, yes, even live broadcasts of panda cubs at Taipei Zoo.

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Chen Ziqin said to Zigong: “Sir, you are just being polite; how could Confucius be considered to be your superior?” Zigong said: “A man of character can reveal his wisdom with a single phrase, and can betray his ignorance with a single phrase. That is why he must be careful about what he says. The Master’s achievements cannot be equaled, just as there are no steps that you can climb to reach the sky. If the Master been entrusted with running a country or a family estate, he would have lived up to the old adage: ‘If he helps them to stand they will stand up; if he lead them they will march; if he gives them peace they will flock to him; if mobilizes them to work they will follow his call. In life, he is glorified; in death, he will be mourned.’ How can his achievements ever be equaled?”

Analects of Confucius, Book 19, Chapter 25

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Shusun Wushu vilified Confucius. Zigong said: 'It doesn’t matter. Confucius cannot be vilified. The worthiness of other people is like a hill that you can climb over; but Confucius is like the sun or the moon, which are impossible to climb over. Even if someone wished to cut himself off from their light, how would this harm the sun and the moon? At most, it would show that he had no sense of his own value.'

Analects of Confucius, Book 19, Chapter 24

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