# Yong Ye: development suited to the person: summary

Explores personal qualities, attitudes to learning, humane conduct and instruction suited to the learner.

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## Source and summary

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> 子曰：「雍也，可使南面。」仲弓問子桑伯子。子曰：「可也，簡。」仲弓曰：「居敬而行簡，以臨其民，不亦可乎？居簡而行簡，無乃大簡乎？」子曰：「雍之言然。」

Explores personal qualities, attitudes to learning, humane conduct and instruction suited to the learner.

## Editorial interpretation

The example below adapts this chapter’s questions to modern work. Evaluate it against the actual purpose and conditions; ancient politics, warfare or ethics do not establish business results.

## Business application

Before assigning identical training, check each person’s work and current proficiency; choose their next practical task.

1. Choose one relevant case and record its objective, available resources, verified facts and unknowns.
2. Compare options using this chapter’s perspective; choose a limited trial, owner, deadline and a measure to assess the result.

Deliverable: A comparison using yong ye: development suited to the person, with conditions for acting or declining.

## Limits

The summary selects main points rather than translating every sentence. The example is not a demonstrated business method; check it against stakeholders’ conditions and actual evidence.

## Validation question

How does this chapter’s perspective change the selected option or priority, and what further evidence could change the decision?

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