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Confucianism -> Yangzi Fayan -> The Priority of Filial Devotion -> 15

:“圣人?”Someone asked: Does the sage give attention to strange phenomena?
:“圣人Yangzi said: The sage attends to de; strange phenomena are secondary.
Thus, constantly cultivating de
—this is to grasp the root.
Waiting to see strange phenomena and only then cultivating de
—this is to grasp the tip of the branch.
To cultivate neither the root nor the tip of the branch and yet survive—there has yet to be a case of this.


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