16 March 2024

To keep reason




In governing the people,
in attending to heaven,
nothing surpasses moderation.
Now consider only moderation:
This is called early habit.
Early acquisition is called its heaping accumulating virtue.
By heaping accumulating virtue
then nothing not can be overcome.

Nothing not can be overcome,
then no one knows his limit.
No one knows his limit,
one can thereby possess the state.
Possesses the state's mother,
he can thereby be lasting enduring
This is called having deep roots a staunch stem.
Of long life lasting insight
the way.







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