2. RIGHTEOUSNESS (UI)
The ability to feel ashamed of unjust acts and to do one’s duty to others. Mencius said; “for the ordinary person life and death are the most important in the life. However, for the virtuous person to live and die for righteousness is far more important than life and death themselves.”
Righteousness is well defined in the act of a certain army general depicted in the book of “War Manual” written about 2,400 years ago.
A General was taking a break from the gruelling war with his soldiers by a river bank when an aide brought him a small carafe of wine for his refreshment. He took the carafe and slowly emptied it into the flowing river in full view of the puzzled soldiers and invited them to share the wine with him by taking a sip of the water from the river.
