Tag: 4 stages of virtue

15.13 Four stages of virtue (knowing, abiding, applying, integrating) 子曰、知及之、仁不能守之、雖得之、必失之。 知及之、仁能守之、不莊以蒞之、則民不敬。 知及之、仁能守之、 莊以蒞之、動之不以禮、未善也。 The Master said, ‘When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again. ‘When his knowledge is sufficient to attain, and he has virtue…