Zhong Yong
The Doctrine of The Mean of Tsze-sze
The sum of the whole work
Only the superior man can follow the Mean; the mean man is always violating it.
The rarity, long existing in Confucius's time, of the practice of the Mean.
How it was that few were able to practice the Mean.
The Path of the Mean is untrodden
How Shun pursued the course of the Mean.
Their contrary conduct shows men's ignorance of the course and nature of the Mean.
How Hûi held fast the course of the Mean.
The difficulty of attaining to the course of the Mean.
On energy in its relation to the Mean.
Only the sage man can come up to the requirements of the Mean.
The course of the Mean reaches far and wide, but yet is secret.
The path of the Mean is not far to seek. Each man has the law of it in himself, and it is to be pursued with earnest sincerity.
How the superior man, in every varying situation, pursues the Mean, doing what is right, and finding his rule in himself.
In the practice of the Mean there is an orderly advance from step to step.
An illustration, from the operation and influence of spiritual beings, of the way of the Mean.
The virtue of filial piety, exemplified in Shun as carried to the highest point, and rewarded by Heaven.
On king Wan, king Wû and the duke of Châu.
The far-reaching filial piety of king Wû, and of the duke of Châu.
On government: showing principally how it depends on the character of the officers administering it, and how that depends on the character of the sovereign himself.
The reciprocal connection of sincerity and intelligence.
The results of sincerity; and how the possessor of it forms a ternion with Heaven and Earth.
The way of man; the development of perfect sincerity in those not naturally possessed of it.
That entire sincerity can foreknow.
How from sincerity comes self-completion, and the completion of others and of things.
A parallel between the Sage possessed of entire sincerity, and Heaven and Earth, showing that the same qualities belong to them.
The glorious path of the Sage; and how the superior man endeavors to attain to it.
An illustration of the sentence in the last chapter– "In a low situation he is not insubordinate."
An illustration of the sentence in the twenty-seventh chapter– "When he occupies a high station he is not proud;" or rather, the Sage and his institutions seen in their effect and issue.
The eulogium of Confucius, as the beau-ideal of the perfectly sincere man, the Sage, making a ternion with Heaven and Earth.
The eulogium on Confucius continued.
The eulogium of Confucius concluded.
The commencement and the completion of a virtuous course.