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.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

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.

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.