The way is good for safety, the potential is high for danger

The way is good for safety, the potential is high for danger

It means that the greater the power, the easier it is to abuse the power, and the more dangerous it is to be headstrong.

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Explanation: benefit: more; potential: power. The more noble the morality is, the safer it is to behave well; the more powerful the power is, the easier it is to abuse it and the more dangerous it is to be headstrong. Historical background: it is recorded in history that Yu and Rui had a lot of trouble fighting for the border land, so they went together to find King Wen of Zhou who was Xibo to judge. When they arrived in the state of Zhou, they found that "all the tillers give way to the riverside, and all the folk customs give way to the long", so they were very ashamed and gave up the disputed land. This is the historical background of the book of Shang · Zhou Shu's proposition that "prosperity depends on virtue and death depends on strength".

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The biography of the Japanese in historical records: "the way is high and easy, the potential is high and dangerous. It will be a long time before you lose your body. "