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Confucian Confusion
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Works with Chinese characters made anywhere other than China will sometimes have said character attribute a proverb to Confucius, often by prefacing the proverb with "As Confucius say" or simply "Confucius say". Apart from being grammatically incorrect, often by even their own standards, it reveals the fallaciousness of their attribution (Confucius has also been referred to in fallacious attributions as a "wise man"). Actual proverbs from the Analects are always prefaced with "The Master said". Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The phrase that started it all, "[As] Confucius say(s)", became popular in Western culture largely through fortune cookies in Chinese restaurants. Quotes from Buddha have also been attributed to Confucius at times, only aggravating the confusion. Compare Ice-Cream Koan. Subtrope of Wrongfully Attributed. Sometimes overlaps with As the Good Book Says.... Examples: |
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Spoofed by The Brothers Matzoriley (of The Super 6 and The Inspector): the middle head, Wong, being a Chinese stereotype, usually utters some aphorism prefaced by "Confusion say". | |
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The Street Fighter and its sequels both have examples from characters with otherwise perfectly good grammar on par with the Japanese characters (and even then the only part that's grammatically incorrect is "As Confucius say"). In the first film, Kowloon Dingsau, upon learning that Junjo and Nachi are siblings, notes, "Coincidence, as Confucius say." In Return of the Street Fighter, during the sauna scene, a random Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy attributes a proverb about not touching hot rocks to Confucius. |
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream: Tucker tries to shake off the legal eagles with a quote about shipbuilding he attributes to Confucius. | |
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Looney Tunes: At the end of "China Jones", Daffy Duck discovers that Chinese Launderer Porky Pig wishes to settle a "small matter of large bill", and Daffy tries to weasel out of working off the debt. | |
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Subverted in Judge Dee: Being a Confucian magistrate in Tang Dynasty China, he only quotes Confucius in the proper context and never as a joke. | |
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Popeye: "Bride and Gloom" uses this as its punchline. | |
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In Farce of the Three Kingdoms, all serious Confucius quotations in Romance of the Three Kingdoms are replaced with something vaguely similar, but silly. | |
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Epic Rap Battles of History: In "Eastern Philosophers vs. Western Philosophers" Confucius himself utters one: "You can all hold these fortune cookies". He even prefaces it with "Confucius say". | |
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In Ruby Gloom, one of Misery's family members Mildew spouts a lot of quotes she attributes to Confucius, none of which are things Confucius has ever said. | |
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In the Inspector Morse novel "Last Bus To Woodstock", a don recites what the narrative calls a "tired old joke" about rape: "Confucius, he say girl with skirt up, she run faster than man with trousers down, eh?" | |
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Big Fat Liar: Marty Wolf uses this as a racist insult towards his Asian director, and at the end said Asian director gets back at him with one of his own. | |
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Rollercoaster: Tracy Calder attributes a Biblical quote to Confucius, which her dad promptly lampshades. Justified in that she claims to have learned that from a fortune cookie. | |
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In Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Interpol agent Shi-Long Lang tends to quote wolf-themed aphorisms from a Confucius-expy named Lang Zi. As the story goes on, they become increasingly incomprehensible to the point that Edgeworth finds them difficult to follow. | |
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