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  soar to the heavens like the immovable pillar. \\
 Only then is universal virtue achieved in truth.
+### 3. Shed vulgar custom...
+作人 要脫俗 不可存一矯俗之心， \\
+應事 要隨時 不可起一趨時之念。
+Shed vulgar custom to shape character, \\
+ but harbor no aspiration to reform custom. \\
+Heed the times when you attend to affairs, \\
+ but allow no temptation chase after trends.
+### 4. It is ugly behavior to...
+毁人者不美 而受人毀者遭一番訕謗 \\
+便加一番修省 可以釋惡 而增美， \\
+欺人者非福 而受人欺者遇一番橫逆 \\
+便長一番器宇 可以轉禍 而爲福。
+It is ugly behavior to malign another \\
+ yet one who is maligned may each time \\
+Take the opportunity to introspect, \\
+ dissipating evil and gaining in good. \\
+It is self-defeating to deceive another \\
+ yet one who is deceived may each time \\
+Take the opportunity for personal growth, \\
+ making of misfortune a blessing.
+### 5. They to whom Heaven...
+天欲禍人 必先以微福驕之 所以福來 不必喜 要看他會受， \\
+天欲福人 必先以微禍儆之 所以禍來 不必憂 要看他會救。
+They to whom Heaven would dole out misfortune \\
+ are first emboldened by a small blessing. \\
+No need, therefore, to be overjoyed \\
+ when a blessing comes your way; \\
+ rather look at all angles before accepting it. \\
+They to whom Heaven would grant a blessing \\
+ are first warned with a small misfortune; \\
+No need, therefore, to be filled with dread \\
+ when misfortune comes your way; \\
+ rather look at all angles before attending to it.
+### 6. A character formed on...
+作人 只是一味率真 蹤跡雖隱還顯， \\
+存心 若有半毫未淨 事爲雖公亦私。
+A character formed on a consistent note of candor \\
+ will leave its clear mark even when concealed. \\
+Intent marred by the merest of impurities \\
+ will lead to bias even where fairness is called for.
+### 7. The arrogance of the impoverished...
+貧賤驕人 雖涉虛憍 還有幾分俠氣，\\
+英雄欺世 縱似揮霍 全沒半點真心。
+The arrogance of the impoverished and lowly,\\
+ hollow posturing though it may be,\\
+ at least has a shred of dignified courage.\\
+A remarkable person's deceptive trickery,\\
+ for all the flashy flourish of appearances,\\
+ has nothing heartfelt about it at all.
+### 8. Art and literature nurture...
+琴書詩畫 達士以之養性靈 而庸夫徒賞其跡像，\\
+山川雲物 高人以之助學識 而俗子徒玩其光華，\\
+可見事物無定品 隨人識見 以爲高下，\\
+故讀書窮理 要以識趣爲先。
+Art and literature nurture extraordinary spirits\\
+ but ordinary plodding souls\\
+ merely admire the artifact and form; while\\
+Encounters with creation instruct accomplished minds\\
+ but conventional  and common wits\\
+ simply enjoy the brilliance and splendor.\\
+You may observe nothing has a fixed merit, but rather\\
+ the quality depends on the discernment of the beholder.\\
+Therefore in study and contemplation\\
+ insight into inclinations is of first import.
+### 9. It is right that the young...
+少壯者 事事當用意 而意反輕\\
+徒汎汎作水中鳧而已 何以振雲霄之翮，\\
+衰老者 事事宜忘情 而情反重\\
+徒碌碌爲轅下駒而已 何以脫韁鎖之身。
+It is right that the young and strong\\
+ act with focused will in all things;\\
+Instead the will is so trifling light\\
+ the youth but drift like a duck upon the waves‒\\
+How, then, to take wing unto vast horizons?\\
+It is meet that the old and failing\\
+ dismiss the passions in all things;\\
+Yet the passions bear such weight\\
+ the aged are burdened as a fine horse at harness‒\\
+How, then, to shed the fettered self?
+### 10. A crane looming among...
+鶴立雞群 可謂超然無侶矣\\
+然進而觀于大海之鹏 則渺然自小，\\
+又進而求之九霄之鳳 則巍乎莫及，\\
+所以至人常若無若虛 而盛德多不矜不伐也。
+A crane looming among the chicken flock\\
+ may seem aloof and peerless;\\
+Yet going before the roc that looks to the endless sea\\
+ it finds itself insignificant and small indeed, \\
+While farther to the phoenix that seeks the Ninth Heaven\\
+ it is humbled by loftiness beyond its reach.\\
+Therefore a sage ever emulates the nought and null\\
+ and, though great in virtue, is never pompous nor boastful.
+### 11. Moth rushes flame...
+蛾撲火 火焦蛾 莫謂禍生無本，\\
+果種花 花結果 須知福至有因。
+Moth rushes flame; flame roasts moth\\
+Think not that mischance sprouts without roots\\
+Fruit begets flower; flower bears fruit\\
+Know that blessings reach us for cause.
+### 12. Whether autumn bug or...
+秋蟲春鳥 共暢天機 何必浪生悲喜，\\
+老樹新花 同含生意 胡爲妄別媸妍。
+Whether autumn bug or spring bird\\
+ all open up to the Universal Mystery,\\
+ so why should one open the floodgates \\
+ of melancholy, and the other joy?\\
+Ancient tree and newly-bloomed flower\\
+ hold the same will for vitality,\\
+ so why willfully differentiate\\
+ one as unseemly and the other lovely?
+### 13. All lands share...
+萬境一轍 原無地着箇窮通\\
+萬物一體 原無處分箇彼我，\\
+世人 迷真逐妄 乃向坦途上 自說一坎坷，\\
+從空洞中 自築一籓籬 良足慨哉。
+All lands share a single way\\
+ and never were some closed and some clear;\\
+All creation is but one\\
+ and never was there a divide 'twixt you and me.\\
+Yet the world, truth-tricked and chasing phantasms,\\
+ pits the level road all uneven and rutted; \\
+ and in lacuna vast builds encircling walls.\\
+Is this not a lamentable state of affairs?
+### 14. Great works and vast plans...
+大烈鴻猷 常出悠閑鎮定之士 不必忙忙，\\
+休徵景福 多集寬洪長厚之家 何須瑣瑣。
+Great works and vast plans always stem \\
+ from relaxed and steady persons of quality;\\
+ there is no need to be so urgent and busy.\\
+Auspicious omens and blessings immense\\
+ flock to homes of extensive, abundant generosity;\\
+ so why be small-minded and petty?
+### 15. When the virtuous poor...
+貧士肯濟人 纔是性天中惠澤，\\
+鬧場能學道 方爲心地上功夫。
+When the virtuous poor delight in giving aid,\\
+ that is a boon from Heaven-given nature indeed.\\
+When the Way is sought in cacophony and tumult,\\
+ surely the work builds on the bedrock of the soul.