What the emperor means here is that it's natural to fall out of the state of rhythm, a state of virtuous action, and make mistakes occasionally. We make not always behave the way we expect ourselves to, it's a skill, a skill that we get better at the more we keep trying again everytime we fail. The point is to keep trying to be virtuous
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