1. 1. “Make it your guiding principle to do your best for others and to be trustworthy in what you say. Do not accept as a friend anyone who is not as good as you. When you make a mistake do not be afraid of mending your ways.”

2. 2. “We reject hatred, intolerance, and unnecessary violence, and embrace harmony, love and learning, as we are taught by nature.”

3. 3. “I am not one who was born with the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity(ancient history), and earnest in seeking it there.”

4. 4. “A man should not be ignorant of the age of his father and mother
4. “A man should not be ignorant of the age of his father and mother. It is a matter, on the one hand, for rejoicing, on the other, for anxiety”

5. 5. “To believe that our abstract concepts of separate ‘things’ and ‘events’ are realities of nature is an illusion.”

6. 6. “Let the ruler be the ruler, the subject a subject, the father a father, the son a son. Truly if the ruler be not a ruler, the subject not a subject, the father not a father, the son not a son, then even if there be grain, would I get to eat it?”

7. 7. “ The ‘this’ is also ‘that
7. “ The ‘this’ is also ‘that.’ The ‘that’ is also ‘this’…That the ‘that’ and the ‘this’ cease to be opposites is the very essence of the way.”

8. 8. “When your parents are alive, you should not be too far afield(far away) in your travels. If you do, your whereabouts should always be known.”

9. Confucianism
1. “Make it your guiding principle to do your best for others and to be trustworthy in what you say. Do not accept as a friend anyone who is not as good as you. When you make a mistake do not be afraid of mending your ways.”

10. Daoism
2. “We reject hatred, intolerance, and unnecessary violence, and embrace harmony, love and learning, as we are taught by nature.”

11. Confucianism
3. “I am not one who was born with the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity(ancient history), and earnest in seeking it there.”

12. Confucianism
4. “A man should not be ignorant of the age of his father and mother. It is a matter, on the one hand, for rejoicing, on the other, for anxiety”

13. Daoism
5. “To believe that our abstract concepts of separate ‘things’ and ‘events’ are realities of nature is an illusion.”

14. Confucianism
6. “Let the ruler be the ruler, the subject a subject, the father a father, the son a son. Truly if the ruler be not a ruler, the subject not a subject, the father not a father, the son not a son, then even if there be grain, would I get to eat it?”

15. Daoism
7. “ The ‘this’ is also ‘that.’ The ‘that’ is also ‘this’…That the ‘that’ and the ‘this’ cease to be opposites is the very essence of the way.”

16. Confucianism
8. “When your parents are alive, you should not be too far afield(far away) in your travels. If you do, your whereabouts should always be known.”