史景遷談孔子

Even from this brief discussion, we can see that Confucius is a most unlikely figure to be made the centre of veneration. He did not have conventional leadership qualities, and his resonance - to me at least - comes from his lack of grandstanding; his constant awareness of his own shortcomings; his rejection of dogmatism; and his flashes of dry wit. These qualities, mixed with an ongoing patience with the hasty questions of the young, and his determination to help them think rather than force their adherence to a particular point of view. Few other world figures, I think, could have phrased their life goals in the disarming yet proud way that Confucius did, as recorded in the Analects. And this celebrated passage, known widely in China, just goes as follows:
史景遷先生
即使從上述簡短的討論，我們就知道，孔子最不可能成為眾人崇拜的人物。他沒有傳統的領導素質，而他能引人共鳴的--管見--來自他不會去譁眾取寵；他一向都能自覺自己的缺點；他能"毋固、毋必"；他待人接物上能針貶而不討人厭，能幽默以對。