...each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong. We are not v unquestionably sages, nor are they unquestionably...another, wise and foolish, like a ring which has no XXIF. 13. end. Therefore, although others give way to anger, let us on the contrary dread our own faults,...

...leanings." Although this appears to be recognition of individuality, it goes on to rhetorically ask, "How can any one lay down a rule by which to distinguish right from wrong?" and coneludes, "let us follow the multitude and act like them. " Article Fifteen further orders subjects...

...doctrinaire or dogmatic, one is unlikely to find in the Confucian classics anything quite like "How can one lay down a rule by which to distinguish right from wrong?" This certainly does not sound like Mencius, in what we have seen above, when he insisted that the ruler,...

...vassal do not observe good faith toward one another, everything without exception ends in failure. X. Let us cease from wrath and refrain from angry...all, one with another, wise and foolish, like a ring that has no end. Therefore, although others give way to anger, let us on the contrary dread our own...