Discussion+Questions+for+Chapter

=  QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DISCUSS'EM =

1) Hoff focuses on Inner Nature, but isn't Cleverness important to one's life? Why? 2) On page 59, Hoff Quotes "while pounding on the piano keys may reduce noise, removing them doesn't exactly further the creation of music." Why does personality help one carry his or her life further on in life? 3) How does finding your inner nature affect not only yourself, but also the aspects of life? 4) How does knowing yourself help you live in the society such as getting a good job? 5) Why does Hoff tell Pooh to explain this Theory? 6) When Pooh sings the second song about not knowing who you are on page 58, how would you change this song if you were a confucianist? 7) Hoff says that you can be influenced very easily if you dont know your inner nature. In what ways can you be influenced? 8) How does being clever and not knowing your inner nature affect your life? In what ways? 9) If you were a confucianist, then how would you view this principal? 10) Do you think that the confucianists knew their inner nature?