1. A country is neither always strong nor always weak; if those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong; if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi Youdu"

2. The rule of the people is impermanent, and only the law can rule it.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi"

3. The family has regular business, even if it is hungry;

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi"

4. The strong is governed by the law, and the weak is disordered by Ah.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi"

5. The husband makes laws and decrees to abolish private affairs.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi·Guilian"

6. Anyone whose words and deeds are inconsistent with the law must be banned.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi·Acting Evil"

7. Public and private matters must not be unclear, and the legal system must not be ignored.

——Han Fei's "Han Feizi"

8. The law prohibits people from doing wrong and makes them do good and far away from crime.

——Ouyang Xiu

9. Even if the law is applied to others, be careful even if it is small. Orders are not given in vain, rewards and punishments are not excessive.

——Ouyang Xiu's "Book of Prosecution"

10. The way of man lies in the legal system, which is used for right and wrong.

——Liu Yuxi

11. Stone can be sharpened to turn dullness into profit; law can be sharpened to turn stupidity into wisdom.

——Liu Yuxi's "Ode to Grinding Stones"

12. The one who can defeat heaven is the law. ... The Daxing of the Dharma: It is right for the public and wrong for the public and wrong.

——Liu Yuxi's "Tian Lun"

13. A country cannot be lawless. If there is a law but it is not good, it is equal to lawlessness.

——(Qing Dynasty) Shen Jiaben

14. Law is the balance of the country and the criterion of time.

——Wu Jing

15. Establishing good and preventing evil is called etiquette, and prohibiting non-establishment is called law.

——Fu Xuan of the Western Jin Dynasty, "Fu Zi·Fa Xing"

16. Failure to govern the country will lead to chaos; abiding by the law without changing will lead to rebellion; rebellion and chaos cannot maintain the country.

——Lu Buwei

17. Therefore, governing a country without its own rules will lead to chaos, and abiding by the laws without changing will lead to decline.

——Ouyang Xun's "Art and Literature Collection"

18. If the law is established at the top, the customs will become at the bottom.

——Su Che

19. Calendar prohibition, since the beginning of the great revolution, small ministers will not violate it.

——Su Shi's "Ce Farewell·Sixth"

20. The law is established, and if there is an offense, it must be punished; if the order is given, it must be carried out and not return.

——Wang Bo's "Shang Liu You Xiang Shu"

21. If the officials are bad, there will be laws but they will not abide by them; if the laws are not good, there will be wealth but no rules.

——Wang Anshi

22. If good laws are established in the world, then the world will be governed. If good laws are established in a country, then a country will be governed.

——Wang Anshi's "The Duke of Zhou"

23. Government orders must be implemented, and constitutional prohibitions must be followed. A crooked tree is evil to a straight rope, heavy punishment is evil to prove.

——Wang Fu's "Qianfu Lun·Performance Appraisal"

24. The law is the formula of the world and the appearance of everything.

——"Guan Zi·Mingfa Jie"

25. Those who work in the world must not be ungrateful, and there is no one who can accomplish things without righteousness.

——"Mozi Fa Yi"

26. Those who keep one and control all things are laws.

——"Xi Guanzi Du Yi"

27. Once the laws are implemented and disciplines are correct, there will be no country that cannot be governed and no people that cannot be transformed.

——Bao Zheng's "To the King"

28. Those who regulate by law are the best in government, and those who regulate by law must not be chaotic.

——"Huangdi Jing·Jingfa·Junzheng"

29. The sage legislates to guide the people's hearts, and each makes it natural. So that the living will have no virtue and the dead will have no resentment.

——"Wenzi·Natural"

30. Those who know that they are officials follow the law to benefit the people, but those who do not know that they are officials bend the law and harm the people.

——"Shuo Yuan·Political Theory" by Liu An of the Han Dynasty