Respect The Gods And The Devils But

If An Urn Lacks The Characteristics Of An Urn, How Can We Call It An Urn?

Isn't It A Pleasure To Study And Practice What You Have Learned? Isn't It Also Great When Friends Visit From Distant Places? If One Remains Not Annoyed When He Is Not Understood By People Around Him, Isn't He A Sage?

Reviewing The Day's Lessons. Isn't It Joyful? Friends Come From Far. Isn't It Delightful? One Has Never Been Angry At Other's Misunderstanding. Isn't He A Respectable Man?

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.

Things Being Investigated, Knowledge Became Complete. Their Knowledge Being Complete, Their Thoughts Were Sincere. Their Thoughts Being Sincere, Their Hearts Were Then Rectified. Their Hearts Being Rectified, Their Persons Were Cultivated. Their Persons Being Cultivated, Their Families Were Regulated. Their Families Being Regulated, Their States Were Rightly Governed. Their States Being Rightly Governed, The Whole Kingdom Was Made Tranquil And Happy.