By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom:

In Dealing With The Dead, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Dead, That Would Show A Want Of Affection And Should Not Be Done; Or, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Alive, That Would Show A Want Of Wisdom And Should Not Be Done.

The Beginning Of Wisdom Is To Call Things By Their Proper Name.

Man Who Stand On Hill With Mouth Open Will Wait Long Time For Roast Duck To Drop In.

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.

A Youth, When At Home, Should Be Filial, And, Abroad, Respectful To His Elders.