“Good leaders make the mind of the community their mind, and
never let their minds indulge in private prejudices. They make the eyes and
ears of the community their eyes and ears, and never let their eyes and ears be
partial.
Thus, are they ultimately able to realize the will of the community
and comprehend the feelings of the community.
When they make the mind of the community their own mind,
good and bad are to the leaders what good and bad are to the community.
Therefore, the good is not wrongly so, and the bad is unmistakably so.”
Lingyuan