Chi Wen Tzu Always Thought

A Wise Man Has Dignity Without Pride; A Fool Has Pride Without Dignity.

From The Loving Example Of One Family A Whole State May Become Loving, And From Its Courtesies, Courteous; While From The Ambition And Perverseness Of The One Man The Whole State May Be Thrown Into Rebellious Disorder. Such Is The Nature Of Influence.

Not Knowing Life, How Can We Know Death? Why Talk Of Spirits When You Do Not Understand Men?

These Are The Four Abuses: Desire To Succeed In Order To Make Oneself Famous; Taking Credit For The Labors Of Others; Refusal To Correct One's Errors Despite Advice; Refusal To Change One's Ideas Despite Warnings.

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.