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Confucius said: A villain must be careful about his feet; a gentleman must be careful about his eyes. What does this mean?

The general meaning is that the villain's lust is to go out to prostitutes. If you want to stop the villain's lust, you have to prevent him from going out, then you have to stop him. The sexual requirements for a modest gentleman are very high. The ancients advocated not to look at anything inappropriate, so the rebooting for a gentleman starts from his eyes, asking him not to look at what he shouldn't look at. The meaning of the whole sentence is that the standards for rebooting are different for villains and gentlemen. The villain's moral bottom line and self-requirement standards are relatively low, so the purpose of rebooting must be achieved by restricting his appearance, while for the gentleman's quality and accomplishments The requirements for rebooting are quite high, and they are required to meet the standard of “don’t look at anything inappropriate”. So a gentleman’s sexual desire must be restricted by restricting his eyes to achieve the purpose of rebooting.

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