Self-righteousness leads to misfortune. It is beneficial to be correct. It is all right for small matters, not for great matters. It birds can land, then there will be great good fortune. When there is excess, it is beneficial to be correct, which means to act in accord with the time.
Flexibility is in balance, so small matters have a good outcome.
Firmness is out of place and not balanced, so it is not suitable for great matters. Rising meets opposition, descending meets accord. Righteous people are exceedingly deferential in conduct, exceedingly sad in mourning, and exceedingly abstemious in consumption. Nothing can be done about it. Not reaching the ruler, you meet the administrator.