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The deceitful cannot last long;
The empty cannot be preserved.[1]
Rotten wood cannot be carved,[2]
Nor can he long endure whose [proper] feelings are lost.[1]

The Ode says,[3]

The drums and bells are beaten in the palace,
And their sound is heard without.
It says that what there is inside must show on the outside.

 
[1]

Note the rhyme: [OMITTED].

[2]

Cf. Analects 176 (5/9.1).

[1]

Note the rhyme: [OMITTED].

[3]

Shih 417 No. 229/5.