』其可乎?
」孔子曰:「可。
“One who loves others is loved by others, and one who hates others is hated by others.
愛人者則人愛之,惡人者則人惡之。
One who knows how to embody a quality in himself can obtain it from others as well.
知得之己者,亦知得之人。
所謂不出於環堵之室,而知天下者,知反之己者也。」
This is what is referred to as ‘not emerging from a walled compound and knowing the affairs of all the realm.’ It comes from being able to apply external observations to the self.