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"Dread glory as you dread shame. Prize great calamity as you prize your body. What does this mean: "Dread glory as you dread shame"? Glory comes from below. Obtain it, you are afraid of shame; Lose it, you are still afraid of shame. That is why it is said; "Dread glory as you dread shame." What does this mean: "Prize great calamity as you prize your own body"? We who meet with great calamities, meet them because we have a body. If we had not a body what calamity could reach us? Therefore he who honours the kingdom as his body can govern the kingdom. He who loves the kingdom as his own body can be trusted with the kingdom."