While Confucius extolled de "virtue; morality" — "If you are virtuous, you will not be lonely. You will always have friends." (4:25) — he frequently criticized his contemporaries for having lost it. He described de as something that one can augment, and praised sage kings who governed through its compelling powers.
"<span>C. It had thin stone walls supported on the outside by flying buttresses" does not</span> apply to Gothic architecture, since the walls were often very thick.
