Mencius. Book VII: Tsin Sin. Part I. Chapter IV.

Legge's summary: Man is fitted for, and happy in, doing good, and may perfect himself therein.

1. Mencius said, 'All things are already complete in us.

2. 'There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

3. 'If one acts with a vigorous effort at the law of reciprocity, when he seeks for the realization of perfect virtue, nothing can be closer than his approximation to it.'


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