The Superior Man Has A Dignified Ease

It Is Easy To Hate And It Is Difficult To Love. This Is How The Whole Scheme Of Things Works. All Good Things Are Difficult To Achieve; And Bad Things Are Very Easy To Get.

By Gaining The People, The Kingdom Is Gained; By Losing The People, The Kingdom Is Lost.

If Language Is Not Correct, Then What Is Said Is Not What Is Meant; If What Is Said Is Not What Is Meant, Then What Must Be Done Remains Undone; If This Remains Undone, Morals And Art Will Deteriorate; If Justice Goes Astray, The People Will Stand About In Helpless Confusion. Hence There Must Be No Arbitrariness In What Is Said. This Matters Above Everything.

If You Would Govern A State Of A Thousand Chariots (a Small-to-middle-size State), You Must Pay Strict Attention To Business, Be True To Your Word, Be Economical In Expenditure And Love The People.

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.