Cultivated People Foster What Is Good In

When Things Are Investigated, Then True Knowledge Is Achieved; When True Knowledge Is Achieved, Then The Will Becomes Sincere; When The Will Is Sincere, Then The Heart Is Set Right ; When The Heart Is Set Right, Then The Personal Life Is Cultivated; When The Personal Life Is Cultivated, Then The Family Life Is Regulated; When The Family Life Is Regulated, Then The National Life Is Orderly; And When The National Life Is Orderly, Then There Is Peace In This World.

The Determined Scholar And The Man Of Virtue Will Not Seek To Live At The Expense Of Injuring Their Virtue. They Will Even Sacrifice Their Lives To Preserve Their Virtue Complete.

One Who Is By Nature Daring And Is Suffering From Poverty Will Not Long Be Law-abiding. Indeed, Any Men, Save Those That Are Truly Good, If Their Sufferings Are Very Great, Will Be Likely To Rebel.

If The People Are Governed By Laws And Punishment Is Used To Maintain Order, They Will Try To Avoid The Punishment But Have No Sense Of Shame. If They Are Governed By Virtue And Rules Of Propriety Are Used To Maintain Order, They Will Have A Sense Of Shame And Will Become Good As Well.

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.