Unbothered Though Unknown

answered by Analects, Xue Er

기원전 5세기(공자 언행록)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

Radio Star (2006)

dir. Lee Joon-ik · South Korea

Once radiant, a person is forgotten by the world, and only the one who stayed for years remains. Is being forgotten his end, or a light rekindled by keeping himself without resentment and by the one beside him?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

One who has lost a former glow and been forgotten — by what does he find his place again?

THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER · ORIGINAL

人不知而不慍不亦君子乎

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

To be unrecognized by others and yet not resentful — is that not the mark of a noble person?

💡 TL;DR

Confucius said not to resent being unrecognized is the mark of a noble person.

📝The Classic Answers

Confucius said not to resent being unrecognized is the mark of a noble person. If one who has lost a former glow answers the world's indifference with anger, he loses even what remains; but if he keeps his place without resentment, that place does not collapse. And a star does not shine alone — even in a forgotten hour, one person who stayed beside him lets the light come on again. When I feel slighted for going unrecognized, rather than growing the slight into anger, I choose to look first at who remained beside me.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If you feel slighted because no one noticed today, before feeding it, call to mind the one person who stayed.

📖 Classic Source: Analects, Xue Er. 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.