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The world is for the common good. (Sun Yat-sen)

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The difficulty in governing a country lies in knowing the virtuous but not in being virtuous.

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Those who live in a country must put observance of the law first. ("Liezi Shuofu" 7a64e59b9ee7ad9431333363393738)

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The way to govern a country must first enrich the people. ("Guanzi")

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Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. (Gu Yanwu

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Be born in sorrow and die in happiness. ("Mencius")

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Those who obey nature will survive, and those who go against nature will perish. ("Mencius")

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Those who have attained the Way will receive many help, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. ("Mencius")

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The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. ("Mencius")

10. The people of the region do not rely on the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the power of the world does not rely on the benefits of military revolution. ("Mencius")

11. Government management and people's coordination can make things prosperous. (Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower"

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Sacrifice one's life to go to the national disaster, and regard death as a sudden return. (Cao Zhi's "White Horse")

13. The saint does not benefit himself, but worries about Yuanyuan. (Chen Zi'ang's "Poetry of Feelings")

14. If you live high in a temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your king.

15. Worry about the world’s worries first, and rejoice after the world’s happiness. (Fan Zhongyan)

16. Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world

17. If you gain the right, you will get many help, but if you lose the right, you will get little help.

18. The human body in the world is full of heart and belly. Although the four limbs are sick, there will be no serious problems. ("Three Kingdoms? Book of Wei? Biography of Du Ji")

19. Those who build a building first choose the craftsmen and then the raw materials; those who govern the country first choose the assistants and then the people. ("Yi Lin" quoted from "Theory of Physics")

20. The key to governing a country lies in fairness and integrity. (Words by Fang Xuanling in Wu Jing's "Zhenguan Dignitary Fairness" of the Tang Dynasty)

21. The one who corrects the principles of all things, and those who work forever will be at ease. (Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty, "The First Road to the Taoist Iluko Advocated by King Daojian of Si Lu")

22. Do not govern your body before filial piety, and do not govern your country before your public duties. (Song Dynasty? Su Shi's "The Journey of Sima Wen Gong")