"Was not Tsang Wan like one who surreptitiously came by the post he
held? He knew the worth of Hwui of Liu-hia, and could not stand in his
presence.
"Be generous yourself, and exact little from others; then you banish
complaints.
"With one who does not come to me inquiring 'What of this?' and 'What of
that?' I never can ask 'What of this?' and give him up.
"If a number of students are all day together, and in their conversation
never approach the subject of righteousness, but are fond merely of
giving currency to smart little sayings, they are difficult indeed to
manage.
"When the 'superior man' regards righteousness as the thing material,
gives operation to it according to the Rules of Propriety, lets it issue
in humility, and become complete in sincerity--there indeed is your
superior man!
"The trouble of the superior man will be his own want of ability: it
will be no trouble to him that others do not know him.
"Such a man thinks it hard to end his days and leave a name to be no
longer named.
"The superior man is exacting of himself; the common man is exacting of
others.
"A superior man has self-respect, and does not strive; is sociable, yet
no party man.
"He does not promote a man because of his words, or pass over the words
because of the man."
Tsz-kung put to him the question, "Is there one word upon which the
whole life may proceed?"
The Master replied, "Is not Reciprocity such a word?--what you do not
yourself desire, do not put before others.
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