The Master said:“Yan Hui was such a person –he chose the Doctrine of the Mean.Whenever he grasped even a single point of goodness,he held it close to his heart with unwavering devotion and never let it go.”
After leaving Qi state, Mencius stayed in a place called Xiu.
4.15 The Master said, “Shen! My Way (Dao) has one (thread) that runs right through it.”
4.9 The Master said, “A scholar whose heart is set upon Dao, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.”