」子曰:「成人之行,達乎情性之理,通乎物類之變,知幽明之故,睹遊氣之源。
A person with these attributes may be said to be fully formed.
若此而可謂成人。
Endowed as he is with an understanding of the Way of Heaven, he embodies in his own behavior the faculties of human empathy and principled action, and corrects himself through the use of ritual and music.
既知天道,行躬以仁義,飭身以禮樂。
Human empathy, principled action, ritual, and music, one may say, are the distinctive elements of a fully formed person’s behavior.
夫仁義禮樂,成人之行也。
窮神知化,德之盛也。」
A mastery of the spiritual realm and an understanding of the processes of transformation are the hallmarks of virtue at its highest.” Principles of Astrology