 The role of agency is emphasized in the second of these three types of allotment, consequent allotment (sui ming 隨命. We begin with a natural allotment (zheng ming 正命) such that particular features of our lives are determined. This allotment can be altered either by human effort (which gives us consequent allotment) or meeting with accidents in the world—incidental allotment (zao ming 遭命). While human agency can alter our allotment and thus the outcomes of our lives and behaviors, the scope and effect of this activity is still limited by our natural allotment. Indeed, Wang argues that this external limitation is key to understanding the value and effect of moral instruction and cultivation. This is the case for both individual moral self-cultivation and for the moral instruction of the people by the state and the ruler. Wang writes, in his discussion on government in the chapter Zhiqi (Periods of Government):