Such group principles based on Confucian ideas in Korean society are gradually disappearing and shifting to Western individualism. The Analects of Confucius emphasized learning. Confucius considered learning to be the best way to self-discipline and to becoming a complete man of honor. However, this emphasis on learning has caused the negative phenomenon of extreme passion for education in Korea. Nonetheless, because of this trait Korea was able to overcome its lack of natural resources and develop highly qualified and trained human resources in its realization of modernization and escape from poverty.