confucian virtues, discernment, and the paradox of caregiving

LIVING PHILOSOPHY by yun shu · May 14, 2026 · 15m

This is the second episode of a new audio series called “Living Philosophy”, recorded live from my class in Berlin. Listen to the first episode here.

Timestamps

00:00 landing in the body04:09 the chinese psyche: buddhism, daoism and confucianism 5:59 theme 1: discernment. who is worthy of your depth? (refer to Material below)9:44 prompt 110:25 theme 2: caregiving. reciprocal or extractive?12:02 prompt 213:02 a personal story: “i will not be the deep person in the room for three months; i’m only talking about your t-shirt”

Material

This week, we focused on a passage from Xunzi, a classic…