There are things a person wants more than life and there are also things he or she loathes more than death. - Mencius

If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.

Make your learning abundant and speak of it with precision, then you will speak of essentials.

1A1 can be read as a criticism of Mohism, a consequentialist philosophy that encouraged people to judge actions in terms of the benefits (or “profit”) they bring to people in general and not just to oneself or one’s group.