completion of my assignment

The title of the work I chose was: The Sayings of Confucious. Here is the hyperlink.  http://www.bartleby.com/44/1/4.html 

  I was drawn to this work because I wanted to know what a confucianist believes. In addition, I thought I should start with something intellectual. The article I read gave background and explained the work.It was shorter than what I was working for, but most of the choices were not what I was looking for. Here is the link.http://mmdelrosario.hubpages.com/hub/sayings-of-confucius

Words I was not familiar with:
potentates-In spite of almost miraculous efficiency, he lost the support of his ruler in 496 B. C.; and until his death in 478 B. C., he wandered from state to state, sometimes well-treated, sometimes enduring severe hardships, always saddened by the refusal of the turbulent potentates to be guided by his beneficent counsels.
definition:
a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist

cult- Sacrifices were offered to him, temples built in his honor, and a cult established which has lasted almost two thousand years.
definition:
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist
metaphysics-He dealt with neither theology nor metaphysics, but with moral and political conduct.
 definition:

the underlying theoretical principles of a subject or field of inquiry.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist

dullard-“If I talk all day to Hui, like a dullard, he never stops me.
  definition:

a stupid, insensitive person.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist

rue-See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue.
  definition:
 to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterlyhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist
 dight’-

‘Her

cunning smiles,

Her dimples light,

Her lovely eyes,

So clear and bright,

The ground, not yet

With colours dight'

 definition:
 to adorn or equip, as for battlehttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Confucianist

I learned that the son is only dutiful if he devotes three of his hours to his parents. I also learned that  to rule is to teach the truth.
 That's all!