1. If you ask, you will get it; if you prohibit it, you will stop it; if you ask it, you will do it. ——Pre-Qin Guanzi's "Guanzi Edition Law"

Translation: What the state requires must be fulfilled, what the state prohibits must be eliminated, and the laws promulgated by the state must be implemented.

2. The craftsmanship of fixing the current customs is clever, destroying the rules and correcting the mistakes. ——Western Han Dynasty Dongfang Shuo's "Seven Admonitions"

Translation: Abandon Peng Xian's noble moral character of taking pleasure in the festival and death, and abolish the rope ink used by Qiao Tui to rule the right and wrong.

3. Customs have moved to Chongqing and things have changed, and the rules have been lost. ——Zhang Heng's "Si Xuan Fu" of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Translation: Be respectful and prudent in complying with etiquette and laws, and follow the laws and rules without making mistakes.

4. If you hang a balance, you will know the balance; if there is no gauge, you will know the circle. ——Pre-Qin Han Feizi "Han Feizi"

Translation: If you have a balance, you can accurately measure whether the weight of two objects is equal; if you use a compass to draw, the drawn circle must be fixed of.

5. If you want to know what is straight, you must have a yardstick; if you want to know whether it is square or round, you must have rules. ——Lu Buwei's "Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

Translation: If you want to know whether an object is straight, you must use a yardstick to measure it; if you want to know whether an object is square or round, you must use rules Come and test it out.