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Tzu Chang Asked Confucius About Jen. Confucius Said, "if You Can Practice These Five Things With All The People, You Can Be Called Jen." Tzu Chang Asked What They Were. Confucius Said, "courtesy, Generosity, Honesty, Persistence, And Kindness. If You Are Courteous, You Will Not Be Disrespected; If You Are Generous, You Will Gain Everything. If You Are Honest, People Will Rely On You. If You Are Persistent You Will Get Results. If You Are Kind, You Can Employ People.

If A Man Remembers What Is Right At The Sign Of Profit, Is Ready To Lay Down His Life In The Face Of Danger, And Does Not Forget Sentiments He Has Repeated All His Life When He Has Been In Straitened Circumstances For A Long Time, He May Be Said To Be A Complete Man.

Without Goodness One Cannot Enjoy Enduring Happiness

The Way Of The Superior Man May Be Compared To What Takes Place In Traveling, When To Go To A Distance We Must First Traverse The Space That Is Near, And In Ascending A Height, When We Must Begin From The Lower Ground.

When We Have Intelligence Resulting From Sincerity, This Condition Is To Be Ascribed To Nature; When We Have Sincerity Resulting From Intelligence, This Condition Is To Be Ascribed To Instruction. But Given The Sincerity, And There Shall Be The Intelligence; Given The Intelligence, And There Shall Be The Sincerity.