Sentences describing the doctrine of the mean

Yang Daxia: In China, the tortoise's characteristics of modesty, moderation and longevity cater to the Confucian spiritual and moral pursuit, which can be described as a model of "the benevolent lives long". Intellectuals in the Zhou Dynasty carved inscriptions on tortoise shells with reverence as white papers and memos of state affairs. The clergy used its turtle shell as a tool to predict the future and destiny. The witch revealed the secret to those who were at a loss for the future through the tortoise.