New interpretation of Analects reveals hidden meanings of humility and virtue.
The Analects is a famous Confucian text that scholars have studied for a long time. Some parts are still debated because of different interpretations. One sentence in the text talks about why people might want to be poor and humble, but scholars didn't explain it clearly. The author of the paper thought that two phrases in the sentence actually meant different things. By separating them, the meaning became clearer.