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Caigentan 131. Restraint as wisdom in engaging virtue and vice
When making friends with good men, you should not suddenly become close to them. Nor should you make your intentions widely known prematurely. That way you risk incurring the slander of evil men.
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Caigentan 130. Between insight and integrity
Do not discard your views just because others doubt them. Do not stick stubbornly to your own opinions while rejecting out of hand those of others.
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Caigentan 129. Vigilant openness
“One must never scheme against others, but one must always be wary of others.” This is a warning against loss of vigilance.
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Caigentan 127. Adversity determines no fate
A life of hardship, frustration and penury is a furnace and anvil upon which outstanding men are shaped.
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Caigentan 126. Wisdom of implicit restraint
When you find that someone has cheated you, do not announce it. When someone insults you, do not let your countenance betray your annoyance.