If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.