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There is a traditional saying: Sincerely hating evil is essential
to understanding punishments. Sincerely loving the good is essential
to understanding reverence.[1]
Only sincerity can move the
spirits and penetrate into the hearts of the people. When one
understands the basis for punishments and reverence, he inspires
awe without [a show of] anger, and confidence without speech:[2]
he is a ruler who has the virtue of sincerity. The Ode says,[3]
The drums and bells are beaten in the palace,
And their sound is heard without.
