Original text:' honest people, heaven is also; Honest people, people's way is also. An honest man, unwilling to work hard, gets it without thinking, goes with the times and becomes a saint. Those who are sincere choose good and stubborn. ''

Sincerity is a virtue endowed by heaven, and the pursuit of sincerity is the principle of being a man. People who are naturally sincere can be sincere without reluctance, and can be honest without thinking, which is naturally in line with heaven. Such people are saints. Sincerity is to choose a beautiful goal and pursue it persistently. ''

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This chapter is the pivot of the whole article of The Doctrine of the Mean. The previous chapters mainly discuss the universality and importance of the golden mean from various aspects. This chapter introduces politics from Lu Aigong, and puts forward the close relationship between politics and human cultivation through Confucius' answers, thus deducing five ethical relationships, three virtues and nine principles for governing the world.

Finally, we identified the issue of "sincerity" and put forward five specific aspects of sincerity. The next chapters of this chapter are all around the issue of' sincerity'.

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