1. Britain: An unkind regime is short-lived.
2. "Mencius": No king is benevolent, no king is unjust, no king is unjust, no king is upright, and a country will be stable if the king is upright.
3. Emerson: It is most unkind to leave the lives of those who should be killed.
4. "Historical Records": A benevolent person loves all things, but a wise person prepares for trouble before it is discovered. If he is not benevolent and unwise, how can he have a country?
5. "Mencius": The three generations gained the world by benevolence; they lost the world by not being benevolent.
6. To be rich is not benevolent, and to be benevolent is not rich.
7. Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: It is unkind to benefit others from disasters; it is unjust to betray others' kindness.