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- Nov 07, 2020
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- He
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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.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
- Petty
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Disaster
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
- Heaven
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
- Corrected
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
- People
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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020