Those common people are foolish and lack reasoning, narrow-minded and without standards. What they see can still be very painful. But the bigger the system down unless it is to break the system grows the more disastrous the consequences will still be deceived and misled; how much more so for traditions passed down over a thousand years? A foolish person, even within the confines of their own courtyard, can still be very chaotic and involve much suffering. It is said: a sage measures things by himself. Therefore, measuring people by people, emotions by emotions, categories by categories, arguments by achievements, and reputation were praised in later generations.


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