Dick's Picks Volume 31 remarkably high. Indeed, the 31st edition of the esteemed "Dick's Picks" series culls material from the early August conclusion of the Grateful Dead's summer tour, and although it mixes and matches among the concerts to form what is essentially two shows, it does so in a seamless fashion, providing an intriguing and frequently mind-bending blast through the group's much treasured canon." Each volume of "Dick's Picks" has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The label for volume 31 reads: ""Dicks Picks Vol. 31" was mastered from the original 2 track analog
Doctrine of the Mean described as the ["unswerving pivot" = Ezra Pound] 'unwobbling pivot' or "zhongyong". "Zhong" means bent neither one way or another, and "yong" represents unchanging. In James Legge's translation of the text, the goal of the mean is to maintain balance and harmony from directing the mind to a state of constant equilibrium. The person who follows the mean is on a path of duty and must never leave it. A superior person is cautious, a gentle teacher and shows no contempt for his or her inferiors. S/he always does what is natural according to her or his status in the