1. Righteousness lies in not giving in to power and disregarding its benefits. ——"Xunzi? Honor and Disgrace"

2. Too much desire harms righteousness, and too much worry harms wisdom. ——Liu An

3. A person’s home is safe; righteousness is the right path for a person. Living in a deserted house, abandoning the right path and not being able to follow it, what a pity! ——Mencius

4. A gentleman is committed to righteousness but not interested in profit. He is quick to do things but cautious in speaking. ——Lu Jia

5. Benevolence is never far away, and duty-bound does not hesitate. ——"Book of Han"

6. Seeing benefit will not harm one's righteousness, seeing death will not change one's duty. ——"Book of Rites? Confucianism"

7. Those who do too much unrighteousness will surely die. ?——"Zuo Zhuan"

8. Failure to do what is right is not courageous. ?——"The Analects of Confucius"

9. Appreciate the wonderful articles and analyze the doubts. ?——Tao Yuanming

10. A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. ?——Confucius

11. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you must sacrifice life for righteousness. ?——Meng Ke

12. If you don’t drink the turbid spring water, you will never rest in the shade of bent trees. If you meet someone who is unrighteous, you will be rewarded with tens of millions of gold in excrement. ?——Bai Juyi

13. Those who want to win over righteousness will obey, and those who want to win over righteousness will be fierce. ?——"Dadai Liji"

14. Respect the teachings of Xiangxu and express the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood. Those who are awarded white will live up to Dai's path. —— Mencius

15. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

?——Mencius