Confucius said, “Suppose you are piling up earth to make a mountain. If you stop just one basket short of completion – that stopping is my own doing. Suppose you are leveling ground, and even if you have only dumped one basket – you are advancing, because I am moving forward.”
An unruly horse can still be ridden after taming. Melted metals from the smelting furnace are returned to the mould.
Others have riches; I have a spirit of benevolence. Others have high rank; I have a sense of righteousness.
In the Emei Mountain in Shu (Sichuan Province) there were many monasteries. The monks in the big monasteries were rich, while those in the smaller ones were poor.