1. Governance:
1. The difficulty in governing a country lies in knowing the virtuous rather than in being virtuous. ("Liezi Shuofu")
2. The way to govern a country must first enrich the people. ("Guanzi")
3. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. ("Mencius")
4. The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. ("Mencius")
5. Worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness. (Fan Zhongyan)
6. The key to governing the country lies in fairness and integrity. (Words by Fang Xuanling in "Zhenguan Politburo" by Wu Jing of the Tang Dynasty)
7. Correct the principles of all things, and those who work forever will be at ease. (Tang Zhang Jiuling's "The First Way of Dao Yilu Ke" Advocated by Si Lu Wang Daojian)
Explanation: To work for eternity, to work for long-term interests. Yi, peace of mind. Make, often busy.
2. Safety and Danger Chapter:
1. Be prepared for danger when you are in times of peace. If you think about it, you will be prepared. If you are prepared, you will be safe. ("Zuo Zhuan? The Eleventh Year of Duke Xiang")
Explanation: Living in peace means being in a safe situation. Be prepared, be prepared in advance.
2. Treat the problem before it exists, and treat it before it is in chaos. (Chapter 64 of "Laozi")
Explanation: to wéi: to do, to prevent. Not yet, not when it happened. There is no chaos, no unrest has occurred yet.
3. If you want a tree to grow long, you must strengthen its roots; if you want a tree to flow far, you must dredge its source; if you want the country to be safe, you must accumulate virtue and justice. (Tang Dynasty Wu Jing's "Zhenguan Politburo" Wei Hui Shangshu)
Explanation: dredging, opening dredging, dredging.
4. To summon the distant is to cultivate the near, and to close the misfortune is to eliminate the resentment. ("Guanzi? Banfa")
Explanation: Zhaoyuan, attracting people from far away. Repair, renovate. Near refers to the country. closed, blocked.
3. Integrity:
1. If a person has no faith, he does not know what he can do. (Confucius)
2. Frankness is the wisest strategy. (Franklin)
3. People who are trustworthy are the happiest, and honesty is the most innocent. (Lu Xun)
4. Honest people are neither afraid of light nor darkness. (Golky)
5. Honesty is the main virtue of scientists. (Feuerbach)
6. Frankness is a wonderful medicine that makes people feel relaxed. (Cicero)
7. Hypocritical sincerity is more terrifying than the devil. (Tagore)
8. Sincerity is an openness of the soul. (La Rochefoucauld)