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= Confucius =

Understanding
Understanding something is a process related to any physical or abstract object, where you or any person is able to fully comprehend something and use concepts to deal with said object. To understand something, you need to have the mental grasp, awareness, and appreciation for it. You're able to understand things better once you learn and study about them. Throughout The Analects, we're able to see this concept of awareness being used between characters, and is heavily emphasized on.

Ambiguous Concepts
Many sayings are left up to interpretation rather than just being explained out loud, which could cause some confusion among readers.

Examples

 * "Shall I teach you about understanding something? When you understand something, to recognize that you understanding it; but when you do not understand something, to recognize that you do not understand it- that is understanding." Book 2, Line 17
 * "People's mistakes all come in the same category in that, if one contemplates a mistake, then one gains an understanding of humaneness." Book 4, Line 7
 * "I silently accumulate knowledge of things; when I study, I do not get bored; in teaching others I do not grow weary- for these things surely present me with no difficulty." Book 7, Line 2
 * "Surely there are people who achieve something without knowledge, it I for my part lack this characteristic. To hear much and select the good points from it and copy them, to see much and remember it constitutes an inferior variety of knowledge." Book 7, Line 28
 * "If one does not yet understand life, how does one understand death?" Book 11, Line 12

Confucius and Modern Worldview
Throughout the book, the concept of understanding is something that remains a crucial component, as in the Confucius worldview, a devotion to learning was a key component of maintaining harmony. Confucius is careful to emphasize the fact that one’s spiritual and moral improvement is an individual task that should be treated well. If one does not improve on themselves and how they participate in understanding certain things, they are not upholding morality.

For the modern worldview, often we take the concept of understanding as something that we must experience and reflect on every day. The idea of understanding is something that is relevant to the modern world, as it's something that we do every day and is required to do if we want to exceed in life. When one does not choose to understand something or fail to learn how, they are unable to grow or take care of themselves. One who can better understand things can be viewed as knowledgeable and able to learn and listen better, while someone who is unable to learn and understand may have the opposite effect. If you cannot understand, you cannot help both yourself and others.