Serving a Ruler with Sincerity

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Mencius said, “Some make serving a ruler their sole concern; they serve that ruler simply to flatter him and win his favor.”

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“There are ministers whose purpose is to secure the state, and whose joy lies in its security.”

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“There are ‘tianmin’—people who fulfill the nature Heaven has endowed in humankind, and act only when their way can be put into practice throughout the realm.”

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“And there are great people who rectify themselves, and thereby all things are rectified.”

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