What is well established cannot be uprooted.
What is well embraced cannot slip away.
Thus, through the generations,
it continues to be honored.

Cultivate it within yourself,
and virtue becomes genuine.
Cultivate it within the family,
and virtue overflows.
Cultivate it within the village,
and virtue endures.
Cultivate it within the nation,
and virtue grows abundant.
Cultivate it throughout the world,
and virtue becomes universal.

Therefore, observe the self through the self;
observe the family through the family;
observe the village through the village;
observe the nation through the nation;
observe the world through the world.

How do I know the nature of the world?
By this.