8. Strictness helps to restrain impetuous dispositions; courtesy helps to dissolve evil thoughts.

教小兒宜嚴，嚴氣足以平躁氣；待小人宜敬，敬心可以化邪心。

【今文解譯】

管教孩子一定要嚴格，嚴格了才能夠去除他們的浮躁氣性。

對待小人一定要客氣，客氣了就可以化解他們的邪惡心思。

【English Translation】

It抯 better to educate children with strictness, for strictness can help them restrain their impetuous dispositions.

It抯 better to treat petty men with courtesy, for courtesy can dissolve their evil thoughts.

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