【摘要】：上至天子，下到百姓，都要把提高自身修养作为根本。根本错乱却还能把末端治理好，是不可能的。不重视最切近自身的道德修养，反而去高谈阔论治国平天下，从来没有这样的道理。From the emperor down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the personal life as the root. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been the case that what was of great importance has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that what was of slight importance has been greatly cared for.
自天子以至于庶人，壹是皆以修身为本。其本乱而末治者否矣。其所厚者薄而其所薄者厚，未之有也。
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上至天子，下到百姓，都要把提高自身修养作为根本。根本错乱却还能把末端治理好，是不可能的。不重视最切近自身的道德修养，反而去高谈阔论治国平天下，从来没有这样的道理。
From the emperor down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the personal life as the root. It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been the case that what was of great importance has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that what was of slight importance has been greatly cared for.
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