Confucius on making contribution by gentlemen

Confucius, undoubtedly the greatest teacher ever lived in China, once said (as recorded in The Analects of Confucius): "A gentleman would regret for not making a contribution for which his name may be remembered beyond his life time." (Chapter 15, on The Obligation of Gentlemen, Paragraph 20) (My translation, from "The Analects of Confucius: A New-Millennium Translation" published by Premier Publishing in 1999, at page 189; available from Amazon.com.)
Posted at 10:51 am, Friday, December 30, 2005