#yì

[hools]

first day artfight drawings!!!!

Gingull - @toldentops Jì and Yì - @rukafais Bon - @fire-bay

[arcticdementor]

There is the courage of dogs and pigs, the courage of merchants and robbers, the courage of petty men, and the courage of well-bred men and gentlemen. To struggle over food and drink, to have no restraint or shame, to be ignorant of right and wrong, to be heedless of injury and death, to have no fear of superior numbers or greater strength, ravenously seeing only the benefit of food and drink — such is the courage of dogs and pigs. To strive for benefit in all affairs, to struggle over goods and wealth, to have no deference or yielding, to act from brazen daring, to commit brutality from ferocious greed, ravenously seeing only benefit — such is the courage of merchants and robbers. To commit violence from disdain of death — such is the courage of petty men. Wherever yì (義) lies, not to be swayed by power, nor to focus on benefit, not even changing his glance when offered the whole state in bribery, to uphold yì unswervingly while yet taking death seriously — such is the courage of well-bred men and gentlemen

Xúnzǐ, in Chapter 4 “On Honor and Disgrace” (Erik L. Hutton translation)

[englishchinesetranslations]

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[conartrix]

One in a Million

My goal for this term is to get higher grades, and by high I mean in the line of 90 and high 80 kind of high. It's my final year of high school and I really want to end it the best way I can. It may sound annoyingly simple but to achieve this I have to listen in class, actually accomplish and pass my outputs on time, review the lesson, and maybe even do extra credit. This is something any student is supposed to do but I'm admittedly not one of the best at fulfilling this. I get bored of repetitive information and formulas and enjoy the distractions that are more colourful and bizarre. A lawyer-to-be like myself who is stuck in the STEM strand gets tired and frustrated of how things run in the science and maths department and I'm afraid that I might feel the same way about studying the arts. It's very difficult studying something I am not accustomed to. These doubts however have no basis and will continue to lack basis until I finally give philippine contemporary art class a chance. This class can help me better understand different perspectives and processes and I am ready to embrace what more there is to learn.