An idea from The Doctrine of the Mean

The Mean is not the average or a lukewarm middle. Its Chinese name, zhong yong, joins the center with the ordinary: finding the right point in everyday things. The exemplary person keeps to it. The small person drifts from it and takes no care.

From The Doctrine of the Mean by Zisi

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