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 Meet events with the gentleness of flowing water and raining petals;\\
  Bliss abounds when floating through at a leisurely remove.
+### 27. A virtuous person is...
+君子嚴如介石 而畏其難親 鮮不以明珠爲怪物 而起按劍之心，\\
+小人滑如脂膏 而喜其易合 鮮不以毒螫爲甘飴 而縱染指之欲。
+A virtuous person is upstanding as stone,\\
+ and those intimidated by their reserve\\
+ treat them as a monster and not a treasure,\\
+ giving rise to a desire to harm.\\
+A small-minded person is smooth as grease,\\
+ and those who are pleased by their affability\\
+ treat them as sweet syrup and not a viper's sting,\\
+ springing an urge to sully their fingers by dipping in.
+### 28. Stay ever steadfast...
+遇事 只一味鎮定從容 縱紛若亂絲 終當就緒，\\
+待人 無半毫矯僞欺隱 雖狡如山鬼 亦自獻誠。
+Stay ever steadfast and calm in crisis, and\\
+ the most tangled affair will trace from clue to end.\\
+Treat others without a spot of underhanded trickery, and\\
+ a wild demon's own cunning will turn to devotion.
+### 29. When your heart is warm...
+肝腸煦若春風 雖囊乏一文 還憐煢獨，\\
+氣骨清如秋水 縱家徒四壁 終傲王公。
+When your heart is warm as spring winds,\\
+ even without a coin to line your pocket\\
+ you have compassion to spare for the forsaken.\\
+When your bearing is unclouded as autumn streams,\\
+ though your home may barely field four walls\\
+ you will scoff at kings and lords in their glory.
+### 30. Spending thousands...
+費千金 而結納賢豪 孰若傾半瓢之粟 以濟飢餓之人，\\
+構千楹 而招來賓客 孰若葺數椽之茅 以庇孤寒之士。
+Spending thousands in gold to befriend scholars and heroes\\
+ cannot compare to sparing half a bowl of grain\\
+ to the succor of the starving.\\
+Raising a thousand pillars to entertain a legion of guests\\
+ cannot compare to thatching a few humble roofs\\
+ to shelter those impoverished in their virtue.
+### 31. Better the generosity...
+市恩 不如報德之爲厚， 雪忿 不如忍恥之爲高，\\
+要譽 不如逃名之爲適， 矯情 不如直節之爲真。\\
+Better the generosity to repay a good turn \\
+ than make a sale of favors\\
+Better the nobility to bear shame\\
+ than vindicate resentment\\
+Better the contentment to avoid fame\\
+ than to seek renown\\
+Better the honesty of a true heart\\
+ than to rectify sentiment.
+### 32. If you would save a work...
+救既敗之事者 如御臨崖之馬 休輕策一鞭，\\
+圖垂成之功者 如挽上灘之舟 莫少停一掉。
+If you would save a work that is lost\\
+ act like one driving horses at a cliff's edge,\\
+ and go light on the hand that holds the crop.\\
+When you are on the brink of success\\
+ act like one tugging a ship against the flow,\\
+ and do not falter or flag for an instant.
+### 33. A young person...
+小年的人 不患其不奮迅 常患以奮迅而成鹵莽 故當抑其躁心，\\
+老成的人 不患其不持重 常患以持重而成退縮 故當振其惰氣。
+A young person, rather than fear a lack of energy,\\
+ should fear carelessness from an excess of energy\\
+ and repress their impatience.\\
+An older person, rather than fear a lack of caution,\\
+ should fear shrinking back from an excess of caution\\
+ and shake off their inaction.
+## Part 3: Deliberations (三。評議篇）
+### 1. What among beings...
+物莫大於天地日月 而子美云 日月籠中鳥 乾坤水上萍，\\
+事莫大於揖遜征誅 而康節云 唐虞揖遜三杯酒 湯武征誅一局棋，\\
+人能以此胸襟眼界 吞吐六合 上下千古，\\
+事來如漚生大海 事去如影滅長空 自經綸萬變 而不動一塵矣。
+What among beings is greater than Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon?\\
+ Yet the saintly poet Du Fu spake:\\
+ The Sun and Moon are but birds in a cage,\\
+ while sky and ground are duckweed on water.\\
+What among deeds is greater than diplomacy and conquest?\\
+ Yet the scholar poet Kangjie spake: \\
+ The sage kings Yao and Shun exchanged kingdoms like drinking cups,\\
+ while the kings of Shang and Zhou conquered like a game of Go.\\
+With such thoughts and perspectives\\
+ whole dimensions come and go in a breath\\
+ and one climbs the ages in their highs and lows;\\
+Events but roll in like foam on ocean vast\\
+ and fade out like shades in far-off skies,\\
+ eternal change in all things are ably governed\\
+ without a single mote of dust shifting out of place.