![]() ![]() "I have not yet seen a lover of philanthropy, nor a hater ofmisanthropy-such, that the former did not take occasion to magnify thatvirtue in himself, and that the latter, in his positive practice ofphilanthropy, did not, at times, allow in his presence somethingsavoring of misanthropy. Even in hurried leave-takings, even in momentsof frantic confusion, he keeps true to this virtue. ![]() "Not even whilst he eats his meal will the 'superior man' forget what heowes to his fellow-men. ![]() "If the 'superior man' make nought of social good feeling, how shall hefully bear that name? Poverty and lowestate are what men dislike but if they arrive at such a condition byimproper ways, they should not refuse it. "Riches and honor are what men desire but if they arrive at them byimproper ways, they should not continue to hold them. "Where the will is set upon it, there will be no room for malpractices. "Only they in whom it exists can have right likings and dislikings forothers. Thosewho are wise go after it as men go after gain. Those who possess it find contentment in it. "Those who are without it cannot abide long, either in straitened or inhappy circumstances. And whereis the wisdom of those who choose an abode where it does not abide? "It is social good feeling that gives charm to a neighborhood. " Zhuyin" (a giant red draconic solar deity in Chinese mythology) from the 17 century BOOK IV ![]()
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