1. The way to govern a country is to promote talents.

2. Being indifferent can clarify one's ambitions, and be tranquil and far-reaching.

3. Stay calm to cultivate your character, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue.

4. The most important thing for the country is to be vigilant.

5. Where there is literature, there must be weapons.

6. If you are not prepared, you cannot learn from others.

7. Only when you are not arrogant can you be arrogant, and do not use favors to be authoritative.

8. The governance of a saint is to make his residence peaceful and enjoy his career.

9. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition; without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal.

10. Accepted when the army was defeated. Being ordered to be in danger.

11. Talent must be learned. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents; without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.

12. Only encouraging agriculture does not take away the farming time; only small taxes and limited wealth are collected.

13. If the enemy wants to defend, attack him unprepared; if the enemy wants to form a formation, he will be surprised.

14. The way to be a king is to put orders first and punishments second. To fight without teaching is to abandon it.

15. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition; without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents; without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.