君子養心

2/17/2016

To Cultivate Virtues

东山译

To cultivate virtues, the greatest part is to acquire the character of honesty and sincerity.

To be regarded as honest and sincere you must exercise benevolence and uphold righteousness.

With honesty and sincerity in practicing benevolence you can influence people to do the same;

By being truly sincere and honest in implementing righteousness you will be able to transform social customs for the better.

It will be called the heavenly ethics if the society is progressing for the better and thriving in the best.

-《Essences of Myriad Books》, Vol. 38: “Sun Qing Zi”

【作者及该书简介】見“天有時”【註】

（原载《海外南开人》102期，2/20/2016）