1. A gentleman is kind, and he is polite. A benevolent person loves others, and a polite person respects others. Those who love others will always love them, and those who respect others will always respect them. -Warring States Period Mencius

Translation: Benevolence is the inner thought of a gentleman, and it is a ceremony. Kindhearted people love others, while courteous people respect others. People who love others will love them; He who respects others will be respected by others.

2. The main road is abandoned, with benevolence and wisdom, great falsehood, discord among six parents, filial piety, confusion in the country and loyal ministers. -Spring and Autumn Laozi's Tao Te Ching

Translation: Only when the avenue is abandoned does it need to promote benevolence and righteousness; The phenomenon of cleverness and cleverness appeared, and fraud prevailed for a while; Filial piety and kindness can only be shown when there is a dispute in the family; Only when the country is in chaos can we see loyal ministers.

3. A gentleman holds righteousness and is not afraid of heaven and earth. -Wang Jian in the Tang Dynasty

Translation: People with virtue embrace benevolence and righteousness and are not afraid of the overthrow of heaven and earth.

4. if one man is in trouble and seven temples are ruined, his body will be dead and his hands will be dead, and he will laugh for the whole world. Why? The tendency of attacking and defending is different when benevolence and righteousness are not applied. -Sima Qian's Historical Records of Chen She Family

Translation: But when Chen She initiated the uprising alone, the seven ancestral temples of the Qin Dynasty were destroyed, and even Zi Ying, the king of Qin, died in the hands of others and was ridiculed by people all over the world. What is the reason? This is because the situation of taking the world without benevolent government is different from that of defending the world later.

5. Love means benevolence, doing what is appropriate means righteousness, doing what is right means Tao, and doing what is right means virtue. Benevolence and righteousness are named, while Tao and virtue are empty. As the old saying goes, there are gentlemen and villains, while virtue is fierce and auspicious. -Han Yu's The Original Road in the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Universal love is called benevolence, properly realizing benevolence is righteousness, advancing along the road of benevolence is Tao, and making yourself perfect without relying on external forces is virtue. Benevolence and righteousness are nouns with definite meanings, while Taoism and virtue are nouns with uncertain meanings. Therefore, Taoism has a gentleman's way and a villain's way, while virtue has good virtue and fierce virtue.