On and On

The Analects keeps on going with more teachings from the Master. I got a bit bored after a while since most of the sentences started with "The Master said" and some ideas seemed to repeat itself again and again. It wasn't that bad though, because all the ideas was very deep and thoughtful, but I didn't like some of the phrases that suggested indirect messages like this one:

"There were four things which the Master taught,-letters, ethics, devotion
of soul, and truthfulness." (Analects Book 7)

Here, it's saying that the Master was truthful. This means that he only said the truth. So technically, this is telling us that everything that the Master said was right. That's what bothers me. It's like as if the Master is put up laws about what humans should and should not do. To me, it's more of an opinion than a fact. I might agree with most of what the Master says about what's right and wrong, but I don't think he has the right to tell others what to do and what not to do.

Anyways, The Analects keeps on going on and on just like before. Something else that I like about it though, is that it doesn't have a chronological order. So, I don't need to read it from the beginning to the end in order to understand it.