Learning Without Thought Is Labour Lost.

Everyone Eats And Drinks; Yet Only Few Appreciate The Taste Of Food.

He Who Exercises Government By Means Of His Virtue May Be Compared To The North Polar Star, Which Keeps Its Place And All The Stars Turn Towards It.

If Names Are Not Correct, Then Language Is Not In Accord With The Truth Of Things. If Language Is Not In Accord With The Truth Of Things, Then Affairs Cannot Be Carried Out Successfully.

Unify Your Attention. Do Not Listen With Your Ears, But With Your Mind. Do Not Listen With Your Mind But With Your Essence.

Guide Them By Edicts, Keep Them In Line With Punishments, And The Common People Will Stay Out Of Trouble But Will Have No Sense Of Shame. Guide Them By Virtue, Keep Them In Line With The Rites, And They Will, Besides Having A Sense Of Shame, Reform Themselves.