Author name: Zheng

The Master’s Summation: “No Complaint Against Heaven or Men, Learning Low to Penetrate High, Known Only by Heaven”

A Just and Kind Ethic: “How Then to Repay Goodness? Repay Wrong with Justice, Goodness with Goodness”

The True Measure of Excellence: “A Steed is Praised for Its Virtue, Not Its Strength”

The Master’s Drive: “I Do Not Dare to Be Glib, I Simply Detest Stubborn Ignorance”

The Wise Integrity: “Presume No Evil, Yet Foresee It—That Is True Worth”

The True Concern: “Worry Not About Being Unknown, But About Being Incapable”

The Master’s Gentle Rebuke: On the Futility of Judging Others

The Clarity of the Wise: “The Wise Man Has No Perplexities”

The Fortitude of the Brave: “The Brave Man Has No Fear”

The State of the Benevolent: “The Virtuous Man Has No Anxieties”

The Shame of the Superior Man: “Ashamed When His Words Outrun His Deeds”

The Discipline of Mind: “The Superior Man’s Thoughts Do Not Wander Beyond His Place”

The Principle of Boundaries: “Not in Office, Do Not Meddle in Its Governance”

The Unending Task: “My Master Wishes to Reduce His Faults, But Has Not Yet Succeeded”

The Purpose of Learning: “The Ancients Learned for Themselves, the Moderns Learn for Others”