söndag 21 november 2010

The eight defects: från the Book of Chuang Tzu


1. To be involved with affairs that are not yours is to be overbearing.
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2. To draw attention to yourself when no one wants you is to be intrusive.
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3. To suck up to someone with speeches designed to please is to be sycophantic.
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4. Not to distinguish between good and evil in what others say is to be a flatterer.
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5. To gossip about other's failings is to be slanderous.
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6. To separate friends and families is to be malevolent.
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7. To give false praise in order to hurt others is to be wicked.
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8. Having no concern for right or wrong, but to be two-faced in order to find out what others know, is to be treacherous.

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