禪林寶訓 1.53

1.53

朱世英問晦堂曰。君子不幸小有過差。而聞見指目之不暇。小人終日造惡。而不以為然。其故何哉。晦堂曰。君子之德比美玉焉。有瑕生內必見於外。故見者稱異不得不指目也。若夫小人者。日用所作無非過惡。又安用言之（章江集）。

Zhu Shiying asked Huitang, ‘When a gentleman unfortunately has a minor error, people cannot point it out and look at it fast enough; but when a petty person commits evil all day long, people do not take it as significant. What is the reason for this?’ Huitang said, ‘The virtue of a gentleman is compared to fine jade: if a flaw arises inside, it must show on the outside; therefore, those who see it remark on its abnormality and cannot help but point it out and look. As for the petty person, his daily activities and deeds are nothing but errors and evil; what would be the use of speaking of them?’ (Zhangjiang Collection)