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		<title>Confucius -- The Analects [論語, 论语, Lúnyǔ], Book 12, verse 21 (12.21) (6th C. BC &#8211; AD 3rd C.) [tr. Chin (2014)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To let a sudden fit of anger make you forget the dangers you risk for yourself and for those who are nearest and dearest to you &#8212; is this not clouded judgment? [A. 一朝之忿、忘其身以及其親、非惑與。] [B. 一朝之忿忘其身以及其亲非惑与] Waley suggests the internal rhymes in both the questions in 12.21 and this particular answer mean they are quotations [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To let a sudden fit of anger make you forget the dangers you risk for yourself and for those who are nearest and dearest to you &#8212; is this not clouded judgment?</p>
<p>[A. 一朝之忿、忘其身以及其親、非惑與。]</p>
<p>[B. 一朝之忿忘其身以及其亲非惑与]</p>
<br><b>Confucius</b> (c. 551- c. 479 BC) Chinese philosopher, sage, politician [孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, K'ung Fu-tzu, K'ung Fu Tse), 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, Chungni), 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū, K'ung Ch'iu)]<br><i>The Analects</i> [論語, 论语, <i>Lúnyǔ]</i>, Book 12, verse 21 (12.21) (6th C. BC &#8211; AD 3rd C.) [tr. Chin (2014)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects/7czwAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22sudden%20fit%20of%20anger%22&pg=PR49-IA30&printsec=frontcover" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf_a6y6/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22morning%27s+blind+rage%22">Waley suggests</a> the internal rhymes in both the questions in 12.21 and this particular answer mean they are quotations from an outside source, a "didactic poem," and thus carry additional meaning now lost.<br><br>

(Source (Chinese) <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Classics/Volume_1/Confucian_Analects/XII#:~:text=%E4%BF%AE%E6%85%9D%E8%88%87%E3%80%81-,%E4%B8%80%E6%9C%9D%E4%B9%8B%E5%BF%BF%E3%80%81%E5%BF%98%E5%85%B6%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E8%A6%AA%E3%80%81%E9%9D%9E%E6%83%91%E8%88%87%E3%80%82,-%E3%80%90%E5%BB%BF%E4%BA%8C%E7%AB%A0">A</a>, <a href="https://confucius.page/category/analects/analects-book-twelve/#:~:text=%E4%BF%AE%E6%85%9D%E4%B8%8E-,%E4%B8%80%E6%9C%9D%E4%B9%8B%E5%BF%BF%E5%BF%98%E5%85%B6%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E4%BA%B2%E9%9D%9E%E6%83%91%E4%B8%8E,-Translation%3A">B</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br> 

<blockquote>For a morning's anger to disregard one's own life, and involve that of his parents; -- is not this a case of delusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Classics/Volume_1/Confucian_Analects/XII#plainSister:~:text=For%20a%20morning's%20anger%20to%20disregard,not%20this%20a%20case%20of%20delusion%3F%22">Legge</a> (1861)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>And as to illusions, is not one morning's fit of anger, causing a man to forget himself, and even involving the consequences those who are near and dear to him -- is not that an illusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.25525/page/141/mode/2up?q=%22as+to+illusions%22">Jennings</a> (1895)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>If a man allows himself to lose his temper and forget himself of a morning, in such a way as to become careless for the safety of is own person and for the safety of his parents and friends: -- is that not a case of a great delusion in life?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/TheDiscoursesAndSayingsOfConfucius/page/n123/mode/2up?q=%22lose+his+temper%22">Ku Hung-Ming</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>For a morning's anger to forget his own safety and involve that of his relatives, is not this irrational?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/I-O4nmWeSnwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=confucius%20analects&pg=PA597&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22a%20morning's%20anger%20to%20forget%22">Soothill</a> (1910)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>For one morning’s temper to jeopard one's life and even that of one's relatives, isn’t that hallucination?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.4505/page/n77/mode/2up?q=jeopard">Pound</a> (1933)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>Because of a morning's blind rage to forget one's own safety and even endanger one's kith and kin, is that not a case of divided mind?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf_a6y6/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22morning%27s+blind+rage%22">Waley</a> (1938)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>In a moment’s burst of anger to forget oneself and one’s family. Wouldn’t this be utter confusion?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.20677/page/118/mode/2up?q=%22moihent%E2%80%99s+burst%22">Ware</a> (1950)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>To let a sudden fit of anger make you forget the safety of your own person or even that of your parents, is that not misguided judgment?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectslunyu00conf/page/116/mode/2up?q=%22sudden+fit%22">Lau</a> (1979)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>To be oblivious of one's own person and even of one's own parents all because of a morning's anger -- is this not a confusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf_d2c3/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22be+oblivious%22">Dawson</a> (1993)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>To endanger oneself and one's kin in a sudden fit of anger: is this not an instance of incoherence?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/kj_Kl9l0RZQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22fit%20of%20anger%22&pg=PA76&printsec=frontcover">Leys</a> (1997)]</blockquote><br> 


<blockquote>In a fit of rage, you forget yourself and even your parents -- is that not delusion?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc00unse_0/page/130/mode/2up?q=%22fit+of+rage%22">Huang</a> (1997)]</blockquote><br>

 

<blockquote>If one has any anger so that one forgets one's pro0per behavior to take the anger upon the relatives, is not one confused?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc00conf_1/page/140/mode/2up?q=%22take+the+anger%22">Cai/Yu</a> (1998), #307]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>In a moment of rage to forget not only one's own person but even one's parents -- is this not being in a quandary?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analectsofconfuc0000conf_e9q2/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22moment+of+rage%22">Ames/Rosemont</a> (1998)]<br> </blockquote>

<blockquote>For the anger of a morning, to forget one's self and even one's kin, is that not a contradiction?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/originalanalects0000conf/page/94/mode/2up?q=%2212%3A21%22">Brooks/Brooks</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>To endanger yourself and your family, all in a morning's blind rage -- is that not delusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analects0000conf/page/134/mode/2up?q=%22endanger+yourself%22">Hinton</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>To forget yourself in a moment of anger and thereby bring ruin upon both you and your family -- is this not an example of confusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://confucius.page/category/analects/analects-book-twelve/#:~:text=To%20forget%20yourself%20in%20a%20moment%20of%20anger%20and%20thereby%20bring%20ruin%20upon%20both%20you%20and%20your%20family%E2%80%94is%20this%20not%20an%20example%20of%20confusion%3F">Slingerland</a> (2003)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>Because of one morning's anger, to forget your own safety and even endanger those close to you -- this is faulty thinking, isn't it?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Analects_of_Confucius/nw8ywCP7w8gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=confucius%20analects&pg=PA23&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22one%20morning's%20anger%22">Watson</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br> 

<blockquote>If you act out of animus with the consequence of hurting yourelf and yoru loved ones, is that an example of delusion?<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Confucius_Analects_%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/Z_AFEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22act%20out%20of%20animus%22">Li</a> (2020)]</blockquote><br> 

A common paraphrase of this is "When anger rises, think of the consequences." This is attributed to Confucius in Kang-Hi (K'ang-hsi, Kangxi) <i>The Sacred Edict</i>, Maxim #16 (1670, 1724) [tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Sacred_Edict/YqY-AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sacred%20edict&pg=PA288&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22when%20anger%20rises%22">Milne</a> (1817)]. An alternate translation is "In anger, think of the trouble" [tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Sacred_Edict/8cxDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sacred%20edict&pg=PA180&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22in%20anger%20think%20of%20the%20trouble%22">Baller</a> (1892), ch. 16, sec. 15]
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