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ii. 'Second, of the five (personal) matters.
The first is the bodily demeanour;
the second, speech;
the third, seeing;
the fourth, hearing;
the fifth, thinking.
(The virtue of) the bodily appearance is respectfulness;
of speech, accordance (with reason);
of seeing, clearness;
of hearing distinctness;
of thinking, perspicaciousness.
The respectfulness becomes manifest in gravity;
accordance (with reason), in orderliness;
the clearness, in wisdom;
the distinctness, in deliberation;
and the perspicaciousness, in sageness.'


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