A.
柯大卫When a man's natural, honest plainness, exceeds his ornamental accomplishments, he is a mere rustic; on the other hand, when his ornamental accomplishments exceed his natural, honest plainness, he is a mere scribe (or fop): but when substantial plainness, and polite accomplishments, are properly blended, they form the superior man.”
B.
林If a person's nature of benevolence exceeds his external ornament, he will be rustic. If his external ornament exceeds a person's nature of benevolence, he'll be ostentatious. If they are harmoniously blended, he'll be a real superior person.”
C.
辜鸿铭When the natural qualities of men get the better of the results of education, they are rude men. When the results of education get the better of the natural qualities, they become literati. It is only when the natural qualities and the results of education are properly blended, that we have the wise and good man.”
D.
苏慧廉When nature exceeds training, you have the rustic. When training exceeds nature, you have the clerk. It is only when nature and training are proportionately blended that you have the higher type of man.”