Modify the order: gēng lìng míng hào, reaffirm the order. Explain that a wise monarch should win the trust of the people. As predicate and object; it means that a wise monarch should win the trust of the people.

The monarch is sage and the ministers are virtuous: jūn shèng chén xián, the monarch is sage and the ministers are virtuous. Describes the harmony between the monarch and his ministers, and political clarity.

Sage monarch and virtuous minister: shèng jīng xián xiàng, a sage monarch and a virtuous assistant minister. There is an understanding between the king and his ministers. Xiang, the minister who assists Bi, later refers specifically to the prime minister. As subject, object, attributive; used in written language.