3 Most Effective Methods To Learn Wisdom — by Famous Chinese Philosopher Confucius

Yogesh Malik
Subtleties of Things & Non-things
5 min readJun 4, 2017

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Confucius was a famous Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure remembered for his celebrated aphorisms and for his principles of social interaction. He was born in 551 B.C. Today he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent teacher in Chinese history

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second is by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest — Confucius

Learning Wisdom by Reflection

According to Confucius, this method is the noblest one. Meaningful reflection can do miracles as it strengthens your capacity to absorb and learn.

Reflective learning make the best understanding of untrained subjects — as you can connect different concepts to your already established theories and empower you to transform that to something that your metacognitive system is already experienced of.

Reflection is further like a discovery method that stimulates various insights and help us growing out learning potentials. It hit upon both our cognitive as effectively as emotional sub-structure.

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