A Gentleman Must Be Broad and Resolute

answered by Confucius, "Analects", Tai Bo

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🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

The Lion King (1994)

dir. Roger Allers·Rob Minkoff · USA

A young prince, guilt-ridden over his father's death, flees to a carefree paradise. Between that seemingly free life and the responsibility of the kingdom waiting for him, he eventually faces a moment of choice.

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

Between a carefree freedom and a duty one is meant to carry, which must one choose?

THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER · ORIGINAL

士不可以不弘毅，任重而道遠。

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

A gentleman must be broad and resolute, for his burden is heavy and his road is long.

💡 TL;DR

Confucius said a gentleman must be broad and resolute, for the burden is heavy and the road long.

📝The Classic Answers

Confucius said a gentleman must be broad and resolute, for the burden is heavy and the road long. A young king who flees to a carefree paradise to escape his guilt finds a life that looks free but is, in truth, a flight from the road he was meant to walk. Forgetting one's worries and shedding one's responsibility are not the same thing. His eventual return to reclaim the throne is not a loss of freedom but a reclaiming of the broad and resolute road that was his from the start. Whenever responsibility feels heavy, I trace back whether it is truly stealing my freedom, or is, in fact, the road that completes me.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If a responsibility feels burdensome today, ask again whether it might, in fact, be the road that completes you.

📖 Classic Source: Confucius, "Analects", Tai Bo. Ancient text in the public domain; rendered and interpreted independently by ONGO.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.