“Pray all you want - heaven can't hear you. It's not going to stop the winter because you are cold, and it's not going to make the earth smaller because you don't want to walk so far. You pray for… — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted. — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
If there were no human nature, then there would be nothing for deliberate effort to be applied to. If there were no deliberate effort,… — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon… — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
“May I inquire about how to be a person’s lord?”9 I say: Make divisions and distributions according to ritual. Be evenhanded, inclusive, and not one-sided. “May I inquire about how to be a person’s minister?” I say: Serve (85) your lord according to ritual. Be loyal, compliant, and not lazy. “May I inquire about how to be a person’s father?”… — Xun Kuang Copy Share
“In the caves there lived a man named Ji.23 He was good at guessing riddles because he was fond of pondering things. However, if the (290) desires of his eyes and ears were aroused, it would ruin his thinking, and if he heard the sounds of mosquitoes or gnats, it would frustrate his concentration. So, he shut out the desires… — Xun Kuang Copy Share
“Heaven does not stop producing winter because humans dislike cold, Earth does not stop being broad because humans dislike huge (110) distances, and the… — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
“Pray all you want - heaven can't hear you. It's not going to stop the winter because you are cold, and it's not going… — Xun Kuang Copy Share Image
