Di Zi Gui Chapter 5: 泛爱众

泛爱众

This is the fifth major text for students. 'Fanai' is universal love, is getting along with friends, speaks of equality and love. It talks about making friends. Loving people, and permanent love.

凡是人皆须爱

天同覆地同载

No matter who it is, we should all mutually protect and respect each other, because we all live under the same sky and on the same earth.

行高者名自高

人所重非貌高

A noble person naturally has a high reputation. Because people have a high regard for a person's moral character and behavior, they don't pay attention to wether or not the person has a good appearance.

才大者望自大

人所服非言大

A person with an abundant ability for learning can naturally have a lot of fame, because people admire these people with real knowledge and true ability and who don't blow their own trumpet.

己有能勿自私

人所能勿轻訾

If you have an ability, don't just use it for personal gains, you should do things that benefit everyone in society. If other people have an ability, don't envy them or look down on and slander them.

勿谄富勿骄贫

勿厌故勿喜新

Don't flatter wealthy people, and don't be rude and arrogant to the poor. Don't abandon past friends, and don't only like and associate with new friends.

人不闲勿事搅

人不安勿话扰

If other people are busy and don't have free time, don't disturb them with personal matters. If people aren't at peace, don't talk bother or disturb them.

人有短切莫揭

人有私切莫说

If a person has a weakness, you mustn't publicize it. If a person has private matters, you absolutely cannot freely talk about it.

道人善即是善

人知之愈思勉

Praising others' virtuous behavior is a virtue itself. Because other people know after, they are encouraged to work hard and also do good deeds.

扬人恶即是恶

疾之甚祸且作

Publicizing other people's bad behavior, is a bad behavior in itself. If you excessively loathe and detest, you can provoke disaster yourself.

善相劝德皆建

过不规道两亏

Friends admonishing each other to do good deeds, can increase both's morality. If you don't advise each other not to do wrong, your moralities will decrease.

凡取与贵分晓

与宜多取宜少

When taking people's things and giving people things, you must make the terms clear. When giving people things you should give more, when taking people's things you should take less, this is a principle of human emotions.

将加人先问己

己不欲即速已

When planning to do things for others, first ask yourself if you would want it.  If you wouldn't want it, then you must immediately stop.

恩欲报怨欲忘

报怨短报恩长

If someone does a favor for you, you must be grateful, don't forget, and remember to repay them. If other people have sorry's to repay for, the past is the past, you shouldn't bring the old into the new, you should be broad minded and quickly forget the past.

待婢仆身贵端

虽贵端慈而宽

You should treat maids and servants in an upright and proper manner. Although having good conduct is extremely important, you must also be benevolent and generous.

势服人心不然

理服人方无言

Using power and influence to force someone to submit will cause someone to submit by words but not by heart. If you use principles to persuade someone, the other person can say nothing more.