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How Great Is The Path Proper To The Sage! Like Overflowing Water, It Sends Forth And Nourishes All Things, And Rises Up To The Height Of Heaven. All-complete Is Its Greatness! It Embraces The Three Hundred Rules Of Ceremony, And The Three Thousand Rules Of Demeanor. It Waits For The Proper Man, And Then It Is Trodden. Hence It Is Said, 'only By Perfect Virtue Can The Perfect Path, In All Its Courses, Be Made A Fact.'

By Gaining The People, The Kingdom Is Gained; By Losing The People, The Kingdom Is Lost.

The Gem Cannot Be Polished Without Friction Nor Man Without Trials.

To Err And Not Reform, This May Indeed Be Called Error.

The Superior Man Cannot Be Known In Little Matters, But He May Be Entrusted With Great Concerns. The Small Man May Not Be Entrusted With Great Concerns, But He May Be Known In Little Matters.