People With Virtue Must Speak Out; People

The Requisites Of Government Are That There Be Sufficiency Of Food, Sufficiency Of Military Equipment, And The Confidence Of The People In Their Ruler.

A Gentleman Is Ashamed To Let His Words Outrun His Deeds.

Sir, In Carrying On Your Government, Why Should You Use Killing At All? Let Your Evinced Desires Be For What Is Good, And The People Will Be Good. The Relation Between Superiors And Inferiors Is Like That Between The Wind And The Grass. The Grass Must Bend, When The Wind Blows Across It.

There Are Three Unfilial Acts: The Greatest Of These Is The Failure To Produce Sons.

The Master Said Of Gong Yechang, “he Is Marriageable. Although He Was Once Imprisoned And Branded As A Criminal, He Was In Fact Innocent Of Any Crime.” The Master Gave Him His Daughter In Marriage. (analects 5.1)