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Zhongyong Introduction Table of content – The Doctrine of the Mean

Confucius' grandson comments about the Way and human nature. Tr. Legge (en)

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XX. On government: showing principally how it depends on the character of the officers administering it, and how that depends on the character of the sovereign himself.

Zhongyong XX. 15.

"All who have the government of the kingdom with its States and families have the above nine standard rules. And the means by which they are carried into practice is singleness.

Legge XX.15.

“任何事情,有准备就能成功,没有准备就会失败。话语先准备好了,就不致词穷理屈;办事情先准备好了,就不致处于困境;行动先准备好了,就不致自感惭愧;履行做人的原则,有准备,就不致有滞碍。

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