Faithfulness And Sincerity First Of All.

When A Person Should Be Spoken With, And You Don't Speak With Them, You Lose Them. When A Person Shouldn't Be Spoken With And You Speak To Them, You Waste Your Breath. The Wise Do Not Lose People, Nor Do They Waste Their Breath.

At 15 I Set My Heart On Learning; At 30 I Firmly Took My Stand; At 40 I Had No Delusions; At 50 I Knew The Mandate Of Heaven; At 60 My Ear Was Attuned; At 70 I Followed My Heart's Desire Without Overstepping The Boundaries Of Right.

I Transmit But Do Not Create. I Place My Trust In The Teachings Of Antiquity.

A Man Without Persistence Will Never Make A Good Shaman Or A Good Physician.

Lead The People With Administrative Injunctions And Put Them In Their Place With Penal Law, And They Will Avoid Punishments But Will Be Without A Sense Of Shame. Lead Them With Excellence And Put Them In Their Place Through Roles And Ritual Practices, And In Addition To Developing A Sense Of Shame, They Will Order Themselves Harmoniously