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The orders which these issued were contrary to the practices, which they loved, and so the people did not follow them. On this account, the ruler must himself be possessed of the good qualities, and then he may require them in the people. He must not have the bad qualities in himself, and then he may require that they shall not be in the people 去书内
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    Rulers' orders clash with their favored practices, so people disobey. Rulers must embody virtues to demand them, shun vices to forbid them.

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