句子通过分号连接两个对比分句，结构工整，利用“broad”与“cliqueish”的语义对立，鲜明地突出了两种人格特质。
When paths differ, plans are not shared together. Those who attain attainment are straightforward and love righteousness; they observe words and look at colors, planning to keep below others. Unless one is eager to express, one is not enlightened; unless one is eager to speak, one is not helped. If giving one corner and one does not infer the other three, then I no longer instruct. Clever words, pleasing appearance, and excessive humility: Zuo Qiuming shames them, and I also shame them. If wealth could be attained, even as a whip-holder, I would do so. If it cannot be attained, I follow my preferences. After three days without reading books, one feels one's face is odious and one's speech bland. The gentleman is broad but not cliqueish; the petty man is cliqueish but not broad. The gentleman reveres the worthy and tolerates the masses; he commends the good and pities those who are unable. The gentleman is harmonious but not identical; the petty man is identical but not harmonious. Hear his words and observe his actions. How to make people respectful, loyal, and encouraged? The Master said: “If you face them with dignity, they will be respectful. If you show filial piety and kindness, they will be loyal. If you promote the good and teach those who are unable, they will be encouraged.” In ancient times, words were not issued lightly, ashamed of one's person not matching one's words. Prioritize officials, pardon minor faults, and promote talented people. If wisdom attains it but benevolence cannot guard it, even if gained, it will surely be lost. If wisdom attains it and benevolence can guard it, but one does not preside with dignity, the people will not respect. If wisdom attains it and benevolence can guard it, and one presides with dignity, but actions are not guided by ritual, it is not yet complete. If someone uses me for a month, I can accomplish results; in three years, there will be achievement. Governance means correctness. If you lead with correctness, who would dare not be correct? Daily knowing what one lacks, monthly not forgetting what one can do, may be called a love of learning. If a person lacks integrity, I do not know how to approve of him. Asking the less skilled, asking the fewer; having yet appearing to have nothing, being full yet appearing empty, being offended but not retaliating. The Master spoke of Zichan: There are four aspects of the gentleman's way: his conduct toward himself is respectful, his service to his superiors is reverent, his nourishing the people is benevolent, and his employing the people is just.
道不同，不相为谋。夫达也者，质直而好义。察言而观色，虑以下人。不愤不启，不悱不发。举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。巧言、令色、足恭，左丘明耻之，丘亦耻之。富而可求也，虽执鞭之士，吾亦为之。如不可求，从吾所好。三日不读书，便觉面目可憎，语言无味。君子周而不比，小人比而不周。君子尊贤而容众，嘉善而矜不能。君子和而不同，小人同而不和。听其言而观其行。使民敬、忠以劝，如之何？子曰：“临之以庄，则敬。孝慈，则忠。举善而教不能。则劝。”古者言之不出，耻躬不逮也。先有司，赦小过、举贤才。知及之，仁不能守之，虽得之，必失之。知及之，仁能守之，不庄以莅之，则民不敬。知及之，仁能守之，庄以莅之，动之不以礼，未善也。苟有用我者，期月而已，三年有成。政者正也，子帅以正，孰敢不正？日知其所亡，月无忘其所能，可谓好学也矣。人而无信，不知其可也。以能问于不能，以多问于寡；有若无，实若虚，犯而不校。子谓于产。有君子之道四焉：其行己也恭，其事上也敬，其养民也惠，其使民也义。