A Man Exercising No Forethought Will Soon

At Fifteen My Mind Was Directed To Study, And At Thirty I Knew Where To Stand.

When I Walk Along With Two Others, From At Least One I Will Be Able To Learn.

Guide Them By Edicts, Keep Them In Line With Punishments, And The Common People Will Stay Out Of Trouble But Will Have No Sense Of Shame. Guide Them By Virtue, Keep Them In Line With The Rites, And They Will, Besides Having A Sense Of Shame, Reform Themselves.

If You Think In Terms Of A Year, Plant A Seed; If In Terms Of Ten Years, Plant Trees; If In Terms Of 100 Years, Teach The People.

In Old Days Men Studied For The Sake Of Self-improvement; Nowadays Men Study In Order To Impress Other People.