Yan Yuan XII

The Path of a Noble Person: Extensive Learning Restrained by Propriety

The Art of Governing: Unwearying Diligence and Unswerving Fidelity

Beyond Judgment: The True Goal is a Society Without Lawsuits

The Unsleeping Promise: When a Word is Never Left Overnight

The Judge in a Word: When Integrity Itself Decides the Case

The Foundation of All Things: “If Order Fails, Can the Grain Be Eaten?”

The Pillars of Order: Let the Ruler Rule, the Minister Serve, the Father Guide, the Son Obey

The Confusion of Passion: To Wish Life from Love, Death from Hate

The Path to Exalted Virtue: Anchor in Fidelity, Move Towards Righteousness

The People’s Plenty, The Ruler’s Plenty: A Lesson in Political Economy

The Hide Without Hair: Why the Ornament Matters

The Unity of Form and Substance: “Ornament is as Substance; Substance is as Ornament”

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

The Bedrock of the State: “Without the People’s Trust, It Cannot Stand”

The Triad of Governance: Food, Arms, and the People’s Trust