Tao Te Ching

“Cultivating shoots of goodness gives form to truthfulness that then burns bright influencing and transforming the people.”

— Zisi 子思 481 – 402 BCE via Daniel K. Gardner, Shan Dao
(Kong Ji or Tzu-Ssu)
Confucius' grandson and early influence on Neo-Confucianism
from Doctrine of the Mean, Maintaining Perfect Balance, Zhongyong 中庸