Whilst reading through the book Scholar Boxer by Chang Naizhou, I came across the following quotes which fits in quite nicely with yesterdays post;
‘Do not let corrupt scholiasts know. If they once know they will quote scripture and ancient precedents and speak a lot of misleading and irrelevant maxims that annoy people. Be careful to avoid this.’
‘There are always braggarts who think themselves clever. They say of another persons boxing that at one glance they know it. They don’t realize that, while at one glance they knew it, if again they glance, they won’t know it.’
It appears that 18th century China was no stranger to some of the problems that occur all too often in this day and age!
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