Character: Confucius

If you don't learn the Rules, you won't have anything to stand on.

Society must be built on patriarchal traditions that go back centuries, determined by an ethical norm and held together by rituals.

A perfect man should not demand more from people than they can.

For a hundred days of labor, one day of prosperity.

Despotic rule is more terrible than a tiger.

If your father calls you, run headlong, even spitting meat out of your mouth, if you are having lunch; if the parents are unwell, express anxiety in looks and manners.

A decent person at a party should eat a little, no matter how the host insists.

If parents offer to eat something that is not to your taste, do not pretend that you are dissatisfied. If you are given clothes to your liking, you should wear them. If the son likes his wife, but the parents do not, he is obliged to divorce her. Otherwise, read it.

Home is the holy of holies. You should not, except in extreme cases, borrow dishes from neighbors, especially use the same well, bathhouse, not to mention clothing. Whistle or point fingers at home.

Any request of the parents must be warned and executed instantly, carefully, without antics, yawns, scratching.

A respectful son, like his wife, should get up with cock crows, wash quickly, comb his hair, get dressed and immediately go to his parents. With bated breath, they should respectfully ask how they slept, if they were cold, if the bed and clothing were comfortable, if they were still experiencing any inconvenience, if they were sick. Then you need to help your parents get up, wash, take care of breakfast for them, and only after that you can leave for a while for other things.

A wise ruler is obliged to know the people who help him, must tirelessly improve himself, honor the worthy, respect dignitaries, treat the people like a father, treat princes with kindness, and be tolerant of distant foreigners. In a lean year, his clothes and departure look simpler, and his food is not accompanied by music.

The attributes and instruments of government are justice, trust, harmony, humanity.

The ruler and the people are one and the same. What is the ruler - such is the people.