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The Master said,
'If superiors consider and are guided by the words of the people,
the people receive their gifts or commands as if they were from Heaven.
If superiors pay no regard to the words of the people,
the people put themselves in opposition to them.
When inferiors do not receive the gifts of their superiors as if they were from Heaven,
。」 there ensues violent disorder.
君子Hence, when the superior exhibits his confidence and courtesy in the government of the people,
then the usages of the people in response to him are very great.
It is said in the Book of Poetry (III, ii, ode 10, 3),
"Remember what in days of old they spake,
。」 With grass and fuel-gatherers counsel take."'


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