 When grain is sufficient and there is enough to eat, adherence to ritual and righteousness are born in the heart. When ritual flourishes and righteousness is abundant, the foundations of peace are established. Therefore in the spring of a year of famine, one does not even feed one’s relatives, whereas in the autumn of a year of abundance, one calls together one’s neighbors from the four directions to feast. Not to feed relatives is evil conduct, while to call together neighbors from the four directions is good, righteous conduct. The formation of good or bad conduct is not a matter of the substantive character of the person (zhi xing 質性), but is rather a matter of the collection of grains. (Lunheng 53.6, author’s translation)