Youzi said: "Faith is close to righteousness, and words can be restored. Respect is close to etiquette, and far away from shame. Because it does not lose its closeness, it can also be a lineage."

Faith, the promise to be kept; nearness, conformity; righteousness, "Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean": "righteousness is appropriate", which is still in line with etiquette; Fu, practice of promises, Zhu Xi's "Analects of Confucius": "Fu, practice one's words "Yeah," exactly what it means. "Faith is close to righteousness, and words can be restored" means: if the promises kept are in line with righteousness, then the words can be fulfilled. Let’s put it another way: only words and justice can be trusted.

"Respect is closer to etiquette and far away from shame" means that if the attitude of respect and caution is consistent with etiquette, you will not suffer shame. "Far" here means to keep away, which can be understood as avoiding. The words "shame" and "humiliation" actually mean the same thing. According to "Shuowen Jiezi", shame is both humiliation and humiliation is shame.

The word "cause" in "Because one does not lose one's relatives can also be one's clan" is controversial. Some people think that "cause" here is related to "marriage", so "because of not losing one's relatives" means "all those who marry are amiable people", which is a bit far-fetched. The word "yin" here should be interpreted as "relying on", and "yin does not lose its relatives" because it relies on people who are close to each other. "Zong" here means "zong and master". This sentence means: (Because) you rely on people who are close to you, (this person) is also reliable.