如果一个人能修正自己，治理他人还会有什么困难呢？

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Be careful in performing final rites and think of the remote ancestors; the character of the people will return to its original thickness. To kill without teaching is called tyranny; to expect results without warning is called cruelty; to be slow in giving orders but strict in demanding results is called thievery; to be stingy in giving what is due is called petty officialism. To govern by virtue is like the North Star: it remains in its place, and all the other stars pay homage to it.

If one can rectify oneself, what difficulty would there be in governing others? If one cannot rectify oneself, how can one rectify others?

In governing a state of a thousand chariots, be respectful in affairs and faithful in words; be frugal in expenditure and loving to the people; employ the people only at the proper seasons.

When going out, treat it as if meeting a great guest; when employing the people, treat it as if performing a great sacrifice.

Poetry can stimulate the spirit, observe the world, foster social harmony, and express grievances.

In the near, it serves to serve one's father; in the far, it serves to serve one's ruler; it also helps one to know many of the names of birds, beasts, plants, and trees.

A person without constancy cannot be a shaman or a doctor.

From those who brought a bundle of meat as a token of respect, I have never failed to teach them.

Government means rectitude. If you lead by rectitude, who dare be unrectified? If you promote the upright and place them above the crooked, the people will be satisfied. If you promote the crooked and place them above the upright, the people will not be satisfied.