Before the Yin lost its teachers They could appeal directly to the Lord on High Learn from the Yin: The lofty mandate is not easy to maintain. The Way is to win the people,then win the country.If you lose the people,you lose the country.Therefore the ruler must be concerned about his own virtue first.If he has virtue,he will have the people.If he has the people,he will have the land.If he has the land,he will have wealth.If he has wealth,he will be able to function. Thus,virtue is the 'root'and wealth is the 'branches.'If you put the roots outside and the branches inside,you will struggle against your people,and make them grab for anything they can.If you gather the wealth,you will scatter the people.If you scatter the wealth,you will gather the people.Therefore,the wrong words going out will result in the wrong words coming back in.Wealth taken wrongly will also leave wrongly.The "Announcement of K'ang"says: Even destiny is not changeable,since When our ways are good We obtain it. When our ways are not good We lose it. The Ch'u Record says: The state of Ch'u does not treasure that. It treasures its good men. Uncle Fan(maternal uncle to a prince in exile)said: Our exiled prince has no treasure. To be good to his parents is his only treasure. The "Oath of Ch'in"says: I would like to have just one decisive man,without all kinds of specific abilities, whose mind was broad and easy,such that he could utilize the talents of others as if they were his own.Finding sages,he would sincerely love them with his heart,and not just give them lip-service.By being able to accept and utilize everyone in this way,he would be ensuring safety for me,my sons,grandsons and all the people.Wouldn't the benefits be great?But what can you do when you have a man who gets jealous of the abilities of others and hates them? When he hates the sagely,creates disturbances for them and keeps them from advancing?Since he cannot protect me,my son,grandsons or the common people,isn't he quite dangerous? Only a man of jen can banish such a minister and send him out to live with the barbarian tribes away from the middle kingdoms.Thus the saying:"Only the jen man can love people and hate people."[1]Before the Yin lost its teachers They could appeal directly to the Lord on High. Learn from the Yin: The lofty mandate is not easy to maintain. The Way is to win the people, then win the country. If you lose the people, you lose the country. Therefore the ruler must be concerned about his own virtue first. If he has virtue, he will have the people. If he has the people, he will have the land. If he has the land, he will have wealth. If he has wealth, he will be able to function. Thus, virtue is the 'root' and wealth is the 'branches.' If you put the roots outside and the branches inside, you will struggle against your people, and make them grab for anything they can. If you gather the wealth, you will scatter the people. If you scatter the wealth, you will gather the people. Therefore, the wrong words going out will result in the wrong words coming back in. Wealth taken wrongly will also leave wrongly. The "Announcement of K'ang" says: Even destiny is not changeable, since When our ways are good We obtain it. When our ways are not good We lose it. The Ch'u Record says: The state of Ch'u does not treasure that. It treasures its good men. Uncle Fan (maternal uncle to a prince in exile) said: Our exiled prince has no treasure. To be good to his parents is his only treasure. The "Oath of Ch'in" says: I would like to have just one decisive man, without all kinds of specific abilities, whose mind was broad and easy, such that he could utilize the talents of others as if they were his own. Finding sages, he would sincerely love them with his heart, and not just give them lip-service. By being able to accept and utilize everyone in this way, he would be ensuring safety for me, my sons, grandsons and all the people. Wouldn't the benefits be great? But what can you do when you have a man who gets jealous of the abilities of others and hates them? When he hates the sagely, creates disturbances for them and keeps them from advancing? Since he cannot protect me, my son, grandsons or the common people, isn't he quite dangerous? Only a man of jen can banish such a minister and send him out to live with the barbarian tribes away from the middle kingdoms. Thus the saying: "Only the jen man can love people and hate people."[1]