Virtue is the strong stem of man's nature, and music is the blossoming of virtue.
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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.
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If we don't know life, how can we know death?
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
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