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It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can give its full development to his nature. The phrase doctrine of the mean zhong yong first occurs in book vi, verse 26 of the analects of confucius. In the the doctrine of the mean, one of the writings attributed to confucius, many of the central doctrines of confucianism are elaborated. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book.
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