Talk:Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers/Rap Meanings/@comment-26581287-20150707022625

I can't edit the rap meanings directly, but on the line where Voltaire is calling Confucius submissive, there is no meaning put there. I did some research and found that it probably references how, for Confucius flubbing "the mission," Confucius was ultimately unable to have the heavily fortified walls of the Ji, Meng, and Shu families in China dismantled after many years of trying. For the submissive part, it is probably referencing how, having failed his mission, Confucius went into self-exile for 18 years and would not return until his enemy, Viscount Ji Huan, was dead. The line could be implying that Confucius simply submitted to Huan after not reaching his goal. He did not, however, resign from his position in government in the Chinese state of Lu until later on, when the Duke of Lu broke several rules of Confucius' teachings, primarily by indulgence. Hopefully someone who has editing permission can add a meaning into that line.