Qin De continued: "When one's innate knowledge perceives one's father, it knows filial piety; perceives one's elder brother, it knows respect; perceives a child about to fall into a well, it knows empathy. However, when one sees wealth, it may covet; sees beauty, it may desire, and the innate knowledge also knows this is wrong. Knowing it is wrong, it knows it can be stolen yet does not act. But if it knows it can be stolen, isn't it a form of 'knowing it can be stolen'? When I say 'innate knowledge is the heart of theft,' I do not mean that innate knowledge encourages theft, but rather that innate knowledge knows theft can be done and yet refrains from it. Does this not coincide with my assertion of 'knowing is knowing it can be stolen'?"
Zhao Hansheng thought to himself: "Hmm?"
He frowned deeply.
