Genuineness

"In the highest antiquity people knew only of the existence of their superiors. In the next (age) they became attached to them, and flattered them. In the next they dreaded them. In the next they despised them. For where faith is insufficient, it is not met by faith. How cautious they (the ancient sages) were in weighing their words! When they had completed a meritorious work, and affairs were prosperous, the people all (unconscious) said, "We are just as we are naturally.""