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=the Tao of Pooh= Joseph Won, Grace Chung, Eunkyung Lee, William Lee

Chapter2- Spelling Tuesday

Summary:


 * Pooh, with Hoff, goes and meets the Owl. Hoff describes Owl as the Confucianist, and their differences between Confucianism and Taoism.**

Main points:
 * In China, scholars were generally Confucianist in training and orientation, and therefore often spoke a somewhat different language from the Taoists, who tended to see Confucianist scholars as busy ants spoling the picnic of life, rushing back and forth to pick up the bits and pieces dropped from above.**
 * //Tao Te Ching,// Lao-tse wrote//,// "The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise" This shows what kind of attitude is shared by countless Taoists before and since.**

On Monday, when the sun is hot I wonder to myself a lot: "Now is it true, or is it not, "That what is which and which is what?"

On Tuesday, when it hails and snows, That feeling on me grows and grows That hardly anybody knows If those are these or these are those.

On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, And I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who.

On Thursday, when it starts to freeze And hoar-frost twinkles on the trees, How very readily one sees That these are whose - but whose are these?

On Friday --

1.What was the main conflict between the Confucianists and Taoists according to Hoff? (24)


 * The main conflict between the Confucianists and Taoists is by using a somewhat different language from the Taoists, who tended to see Confucianist scholars as busy ants spoiling the picnic of life. **

2. Which of Milne’s characters represent Confucianists and Taoists according to Hoff?


 * Owl the scholar, Rabbit, and Eeyore as the Confucianist; and Pooh, Hoff, and Piglet as the taoist. **

3. What is Hoff’s opinion of Confucianist scholars? (26)


 * According to Hoff, Confucianist scholars study knowledge for the sake of knowledge. They also want to keep their knowledge to themselves with writing papers that no one else can understand, which project their arrogance. **

4. What does Hoff say about knowledge vs. experience? (29)


 * He says knowledge of the scholar is different with knowledge from experience. He strongly believes that experience is more valuable. **

5. What do most scholars blame for problems in the world? Why isn’t it justified? (32)


 * Scholars blame the uneducated when problems happen. However, it isn’t justified because there are other factors, such as supernatural or their own neglect, like the wind that would have torn Owl’s house down. Yet, the scholars blame those who are not educated, just because they are ignorant, and therefore more gullible. **

The Question: **Are we Confucianists or Taoists, as we tend to do what we want to do, while we seek for knowledge?**