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behavior led to a very close Confucius himself affirms
relationship between him and this kind of moral character,
his followers and students. says:
Today, many developed “Silence and consolidation
countries with high levels of of knowledge, unceasing
science and technology do not learning and never feel
follow this principle at all, on satisfied, teaching without
the contrary, they resort to all fatigue and laziness, I will
different ways to hide their have no need other than
information and knowledge, these three”. (Yang, 1980,
in order to colonize other Part. 7, Chapter. 2)
countries.
Confucius even somewhere,
2. Encouraging Learning by describing his tirelessness
Through Self-Motivating in learning science, implicitly
and Being a Role Model calls students to follow this
The best way to motivate valuable path. When Ye Gong,
students to learn is for the who was a politician in
teacher to be a practical and Confucius period, asks ZILU,
ideal model for the seekers of one of Confucius student
knowledge. Because the first about Confucius' behavior, as
role model for students is the he was unable to describe a
teacher himself. Confucius as great man like Confucius, kept
a model of the great masters, silent. Confucius, who witnessed
never satisfied in acquiring the incident, told ZILU:
knowledge, he never felt Why didn't you describe me
bored in teaching others. as I tell you now? He
becomes so engrossed in
effort that he forgets to eat
