If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
XUNZIMencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.
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When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one’s desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people’s emotional nature.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher’s instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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