This expression means one should both work diligently and be ready to mix with others. Ye (业work) originally meant studies; later, it came to mean one’s job or duty. Qun (群others) referred to fellow students and friends but it also included team members and society at large. Working diligently is about one’s attitude to work, while keeping good …

In ancient China, many schools of thought advocated “exalting the worthy” or similar ideas. They asked those in power to employ worthy and able men and make effective use of them in governance by assigning them positions and responsibilities corresponding to their virtues. Virtue and talent were to be the first and foremost criterion in selecting…

This saying comes from The Book of Changes. “The alternation of yin and yang”indicates the existence of both yin and yang, a pair of opposites that lie in all things between heaven and earth, including human affairs. Their alternation and interaction lead to the changes of things. Such changes so caused are called the Way. Furthermore, the sixty-f…

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