If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences.

【译文】 仲弓问仁。孔子说：“出门时要象会见贵宾一样庄重，建工程时要象举行盛大祭典一样严肃。自己不愿做的，不要强加于人。同事中相处融洽，亲属中和睦友爱。”仲弓说：“我虽不才，愿照此办理。”