What Is Necessary Is To Rectify Names.

In Ancient Times, Those Who Wished To Illuminate The World With Virtue First Brought Order To Their Nations. Wishing To Order Well Their Nations, They First Harmonized Their Families. Wishing To Harmonize Their Families, They First Cultivated Themselves. Wishing To Cultivate Themselves, They First Rectified Their Minds. Those Who Wished To Rectify Their Minds First Made Their Intentions Sincere.

Things Have Their Roots And Branches. Affairs Have Their Beginnings And Their Ends. To Know What Is First And What Is Last Will Lead One Near The Way.

To Learn And From Time To Time To Apply What One Has Learned - Isn't That A Pleasure?

The Superior Man * * * In Regard To His Speech * * * Is Anxious That It Should Be Sincere.

If An Urn Lacks The Characteristics Of An Urn, How Can We Call It An Urn?