1. I, Zhang Zuolin, have no other abilities, but I still have the confidence to protect this bit of land for the country.

2. My only ambition is to govern the country well so that it can stand among the countries in the world.

3. If you fool the people, the people will fool you. In the end, if the people rebel, we will step down.

4. A true man is born between heaven and earth, and has a clear distinction between grudges and grudges. I will repay kindness and never forgive kindness.

5. It doesn’t matter whether you are a horse thief or a bandit. If you succeed, you will be a king, if you fail, you will be a thief. If you become famous, everything will be easy, but you must not be a traitor. That will leave you with an infamy after death.

6. We must also take a look at the trend of the world. Is the current trend of world politics still allowed to change from a dictator to a monarch? To say that I want restoration is just nonsense from the newspapers.

7. When a bandit becomes big, he becomes the emperor. If the emperor does something bad, he is worse than a bandit. The key is whether he can mix it up.

8. People say that I, Zhang Zuolin, am rich, but how much money do I actually have? Let me ask you all, which foreign bank has the money I, Zhang Zuolin, have deposited? Which foreign concession has the building built by Zhang Zuolin? To be cheap, I have to be cheap to the Chinese. I can’t be cheap to foreigners.