integrity

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

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

The Way to Serve a Ruler: “Do Not Deceive, But Do Not Shrink from Offending”

The Core of a Complete Man: Righteousness, Sacrifice, and Faithfulness

The Full Duty of Loyalty: “To Be Loyal, Can One Avoid Giving Admonition?”

The Shame of a Scholar-Official: “Thinking Only of Salary Whether the State Has the Way or Not”

The Mark of a Superior Man: Easy to Serve, Hard to Please, Wise in Employing

The Superior Man’s Word: Speakable and Doable

The Mark of True Distinction: Integrity, Righteousness, and Humility

The Judge in a Word: When Integrity Itself Decides the Case

The Final Test: How Adversity Reveals True Character

The Incomplete Self: When Natural Dispositions Lack Their Anchoring Virtue

The Measure of a Man: Entrusted with an Orphan, a State, and Unshakable Principle

Chinese Proverb: 麻雀虽小，肝胆俱全 (Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs.)

Chinese Proverb: 君子之交淡如水 (The friendship of superior men is thin and pure like water.)