Yes. I too am addressing questions only of Pound's Poetry and not
personal inadequacy. The inadequacy actually refers to your excesses of
exegesis. Pound's understanding of Confucius would not be your
understanding hence the inadequacy of your argument through the excesses
of your approach to the Cantos. Your 'excesses' are many. I simply point
at this one. "That you will persist; in this I am certain." CP

En Lin Wei wrote:
>
> "Then Dan Pearlman's inadequacy is my inadequacy."
>
> But then how would you react to
>
> 1)  Specific quotes I mentioned which indicate that POUND HIMSELF equated
> Confucianism with modern fascism, and
>
> 2)  Historical evidence which shows that Confucianism was used as a doctrine
> to butress a highly authoritarian central government in China, a system
> which strove to oppress the vast majority, and to stifle individual
> religious expression
>
> ???
>
> [Incidentally, I am talking about a particular thesis being inadequate in
> the light of evidence.  I am not talking about anyone's personal inadequacy.
>   That would be counterproductive, I think. ]
>
> Regards,
>
> Wei
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