Rotten wood cannot be carved.

If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?