speech

The Shame of the Superior Man: “Ashamed When His Words Outrun His Deeds”

The Difficulty of Fulfillment: “He Who Speaks Without Shame Will Find It Hard to Act”

The Source of Good Words: “The Virtuous Surely Speak Well, But Good Speakers May Not Be Virtuous”

The Wise Man’s Adaptation: Upright in Deed, Cautious in Word When Needed

The Utmost Care: In His Words, No Negligence

The Superior Man’s Word: Speakable and Doable

When Speech Fails, Action Fails

The Unrecallable Word: “Four Horses Cannot Overtake the Tongue”

The Mark of a Humble Heart: The Cautious Speech of the Truly Virtuous

The Four Prohibitions: A Total Discipline of the Senses and the Will

The Mask of Sincerity: When Solid Speech is Just a Grave Facade

The Man of Few Words: When Speech Invariably Hits the Mark

The Ode of the White Scepter: A Marriage Forged on a Repeated Verse

Masters of Discourse: The Art of Persuasion and Diplomacy

Passing the Empty Throne: Reverence for the Symbol, Not Just the Man