Selected Passages from "Yuan’s Model Conduct in Society" (Part 6)
 
11) Nothing Escapes Gods' Eyes
 
Nowadays, having done some bad things, some people rejoice in the fact that they were not discovered, so they have no misgivings nor fear. They do not realize that although other people might be deceived, it is harder to escape the eyes of gods. Anything we do, whether we think it is fine or not, and although other people may not know about it, gods already know.
 
12) Heaven Will Punish Evildoers
 
If an evildoer does not succeed in evildoings, he should definitely not be blaming others, including Heaven. It is because of the grand mercy Heaven has for him that prevents him from incurring disasters. When you see someone performing bad things with much success, you should not be envious of him. This is because Heaven may have already given up on him. When he is steeped in karma accumulated from all the bad deeds he has done, Heaven will annihilate him in one fell swoop. If this did not manifest on him directly, it would be postponed to his posterity, causing them retribution. If you wait a while, you would naturally witness this in due course.
 
13) Good and Evil Will Receive Due Retribution
 
When some people did something bad and received the death penalty, their descendents were instead very prosperous. People then feel odd about this, and think that there is a loophole in the heavenly principles. They hardly realize that for this kind of people, their ancestors have accrued relatively more kind deeds than the cumulated bad deeds, and it would be sufficient for the offender to receive retribution. This would not prevent the descendants from receiving blessings as a result of the accrued benevolent deeds. If someone has done many bad things and still enjoys a happy and peaceful life with abundance, it must be that the blessings his ancestors left behind are about to be exhausted, and Heaven no longer takes pity on him, but rather indulges him, so that he keeps on accumulating more and more karma, and ends up in total destruction.
 
《袁氏世范》选译（六）
 
*神目如电　
 
现在有人干了坏事，庆幸自己没被人发现，便洋洋自得，心安理得，无所顾忌。殊不知别人的耳目可以掩蔽，神的耳目却难逃脱。但凡我们做事，心里认为可以，心里认为正确，别人虽然不知道，神明已经知道了。我们做事，心里认为不可，心里认为不对，别人虽然不知道，神明已经知道了。
 
*做恶天谴
 
一个人如果做坏事而不成功，正不该怨天尤人，这是上天对这个人的厚爱，上天使他最终没有招来祸患。如果看见他人做坏事常称心如意，心满意足，也不应该产生羨慕之心，这正是上天对他已经厌弃的结果。等到他积累的坏事既深且厚之时，从而一举歼灭。不在他自己身上体现，也会延及子孙后代，使子孙们得到报应。姑且等待一段时间，自然会看到这一点。
 
*善恶必报
 
有的人做了坏事，自身遭到刑法杀戮，而他的子孙却极为兴旺发达，人们往往会产生奇怪的感觉，以为天道有失误。殊不知这种人家里，祖上积累的善行较多，造孽较少，善行多于恶行，所以其中做恶的人自身受到报应就够了，不妨碍积善带来的福份延及子孙后代。如果做了很多恶事之后依然享受富厚安乐的生活，一定是这个人祖上遗留下来的福泽快枯竭了，上天也不再爱护怜惜他，纵容他，使他的恶事越积越多，以至深厚，让他最后彻底被销毁。