8.4 When Master Zeng was ill, Meng Jing came to see him.
6.15 The Master said, “Meng Zhifan is no boaster. When his people were routed he was the last to flee; but when they neared the city-gate, he whipped up his horses, saying, ‘It was not courage that kept me behind. My horses were slow.’”
The virtuous man makes his gaze ever cooler and brighter; on no account does he lightly assert his upright nature.
The qi vessel tips over when it is filled with water. The moneybox stays whole only so long as it is not filled up with money.