{"id":1609,"date":"2020-09-27T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T00:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2022\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2022-10-13T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:22:00","slug":"llc1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2022\/live-like-a-confucian-week\/llc1\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211;\u00a0Nurturing a Sprout"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1609\" class=\"elementor elementor-1609\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4151bbb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4151bbb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c303efa\" data-id=\"3c303efa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6069ef7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6069ef7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Day 1:<\/b><br><b>Nurturing a Sprout<\/b><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cc5fb98\" data-id=\"6cc5fb98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77027c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a77027c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Live Like a Confucian<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70692005 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70692005\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5042609c\" data-id=\"5042609c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c77277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51c77277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><b>Background<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4120ea60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4120ea60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e958246\" data-id=\"1e958246\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baad434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baad434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The feeling of alarm and commiseration is the sprout of benevolence. The feeling of disdain is the sprout of righteousness. The feeling of deference is the sprout of propriety. The feeling of approval and disapproval is the sprout of wisdom. People having these four sprouts is like their having four limbs.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span>Mengzi<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a02A6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ed2cbe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ed2cbe1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-749d9662\" data-id=\"749d9662\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576b35f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"576b35f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Confucians throughout the tradition agree that at any given stage of life, we respond to stimuli with a range of different kinds of affective (that is, related to feeling) reactions. They also agree that in principle, any of these reactions can be appropriate and good. Responding to hunger by desiring to eat can be apt or it can go awry; responding to a provocation with anger can be apt or it can go awry; and so on. Just to be clear: even sages can and should be angry or sad or pleased; it just has to be to the right degree and under the right circumstances.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While any of these reactions can be appropriate, Mengzi and many subsequent Confucians put particular attention on certain reactions which, they think, can serve as the \u201csprouts\u201d of our most central virtues.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a295837 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a295837\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5355c468\" data-id=\"5355c468\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79bf0973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79bf0973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><b>Today's Exercise<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14ed36b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14ed36b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7aa4158c\" data-id=\"7aa4158c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4868c7d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4868c7d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this exercise, choose one of the following sprouts:<\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Alarm and commiseration, or perhaps more simply just caring concern<\/li><li>Disdain<\/li>\n<li>Deference (or, according to the slightly different account in <em>Mengzi<\/em> 6A6, respect)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your first goal for today is to notice when you experience the feeling that you\u2019ve chosen. In what contexts does it arise? You\u2019ll want to regularly remind yourself to be on the lookout for such reactions and take some notes when they do. (It\u2019s OK to start the day not yet sure which reaction to choose, and to let your choice be influenced by what you actually experience.)<\/p>\n<p>Second, are there any moments when, after stopping and thinking about it, you realize that maybe you <em>should<\/em> have had the reaction but didn\u2019t? Maybe you\u2019ll think: \u201cAargh! A more attuned person would have felt \u2018disdain\u2019 at the sight of that piece of trash littering the ground, but I didn\u2019t even react at all!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-904a004 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"904a004\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59b8359\" data-id=\"59b8359\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac2181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aac2181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After completing the assigned exercise for today, <strong>click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfrkM26vMIwILxhhdF5jYVRfNypv5IjpRTieaeIYKV3en6-ig\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to access the prompt for tonight&#8217;s reflection<\/strong> and to submit your 1-2 paragraph journal entry.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-527c7cde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"527c7cde\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2da00a82\" data-id=\"2da00a82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32109b37 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"32109b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2022\/live-like-a-confucian-week\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to Live Like a Confucian Week<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e3b0b2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e3b0b2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a301c64\" data-id=\"4a301c64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39f451f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"39f451f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1:Nurturing a Sprout Live Like a Confucian Background The feeling of alarm and commiseration is the sprout of benevolence. The feeling of disdain is the sprout of righteousness. The feeling of deference is the sprout of propriety. The feeling of approval and disapproval is the sprout of wisdom. 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