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The Doctrine of the Mean · 3 of 34

Chapter 2

1.Chung-ni said, “The superior man embodies the course of the Mean; the mean man acts contrary to the course of the Mean.

2.“The superior man’s embodying the course of the Mean is because he is a superior man, and so always maintains the Mean. The mean man’s acting contrary to the course of the Mean is because he is a mean man, and has no caution.”

Echoes elsewhere

The Analects of Confucius · ConfucianismMaster swore, saying, "Wherein I have done improperly, may Heaven reject me, may Heaven reject me!" The Master said, "Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Constant Mean!The Ethics of Confucius · Confucianism"Doctrine of the Mean," already once quoted: "It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path in all its courses