Astroturf Activism
好經大事 變更易常以挂功名 To support the cause, to do the important work of schooling the peasants for karma and clout. 謂之叨 That's just an ego-trip.
專知擅事 侵人自用 But to do the research, to become an expert in the field of violating the rights of others, of claiming them as your own. 謂之貪 That's greed.
見過不更 聞諫愈甚 To see the abuse and not think twice, to hear the outcry and double down. 謂之很 That's privilege.
人同於己則可 不同於己雖善不善 The community agrees, you'd better affirm, to disagree in good faith makes you a bigot. 謂之矜 That's entitlement.
Notes
In which the fisherman schools Confucius on why the sage's political career had failed so badly.
Vocabulary
hǎo hào
女 38 + 3
jīng jìng
糸 120 + 7
dà dài
大 37 + 0
shì zì
亅 6 + 7
biàn
言 149 + 16
gèng gēng
曰 73 + 3
yì
日 72 + 4
cháng
巾 50 + 8
yǐ sì
人 9 + 3
guà
手 64 + 6
gōng
力 19 + 3
míng mìng
口 30 + 3
wèi
言 149 + 9
zhī zhū
丿 4 + 3
dāo tāo
口 30 + 2
zhuān tuán
寸 41 + 8
zhī zhì
矢 111 + 3
shàn
手 64 + 13
qīn qǐn
人 9 + 7
rén
人 9 + 0
zì
自 132 + 0
yòng
用 101 + 0
tān
貝 154 + 4
jiàn xiàn
見 147 + 0
guò guō
辵 162 + 9
bù fǒu
一 1 + 3
wén wèn
耳 128 + 8
jiàn làn
言 149 + 9
yù
心 61 + 9
shèn
甘 99 + 4
hěn
彳 60 + 6
tóng tòng
口 30 + 3
yú wū
方 70 + 4
jǐ qǐ
己 49 + 0
zé
刀 18 + 7
kě gē
口 30 + 2
suī
隹 172 + 9
shàn
口 30 + 9
jīn qín
矛 110 + 4