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Confucianism -> Yangzi Fayan -> Cultivating the Self -> 21.2

天下聖人All under Heaven have three loves: The average man loves to fulfill his own desires; the worthy man loves to correct himself; the sage loves to be his own teacher.
天下All under Heaven have three ways to examine themselves:
The average man uses the circumstances of his family to examine himself;
the worthy man uses the circumstances of the state to examine himself;
聖人天下 the sage uses the situation of all under Heaven to examine himself.
天下The world has three doors:
Coming from natural desires,
one enters from the animal door.
Coming from li and yi,
one enters from the human door.
Coming from spiritual wisdom,
one enters from the sage's door.


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