The Confucian Way to Sagehood
Chapter 2253

The Mountain Islands' Transformation

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Fang Yun compared this Divine Gift Mountains and Seas with the previous occurrences and found that this one would likely be a hundred times fiercer.

"Truly worthy of Burial Saint Valley, a place brimming with opportunities and death. Every mountain island is an immense temptation that no race can resist, because no one knows what lies hidden on another's mountain island. Perhaps it conceals a treasure that could astound the world."

Only now did Fang Yun fully recognize the sinister nature of Burial Saint Valley.

Burial Saint Valley was like a demon that toyed with people's hearts.

Fang Yun grew even more cautious, accelerating his voyage while building up his strength.

According to his original plan, Fang Yun had only intended to read various Classics of the Sages, using study and review to advance steadily.

But after understanding the secrets of Confucius's teachings, he decided to advance rapidly through "tireless instruction of others."

Silently absorbing and remembering was the foundation of learning, the process of taking knowledge in.

Never tiring of learning consolidated that knowledge through a process of selection and judgment.

Tirelessly instructing others was, in essence, the output of knowledge, and this output best mobilized what one had learned, allowing that knowledge to nourish its source in return.

Since this was the output of knowledge, the instruction of others, speaking face-to-face was not the only avenue. One could also write books and expound theories. The process of writing a book was itself an output of knowledge, and as long as others read it afterward, it also counted as tireless instruction. Its effect was much the same, but its efficiency was greater.

Long before becoming a Great Scholar, Fang Yun had mapped out his path after advancement. That path followed the doctrine of the mean and proceeded with steady

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