of a family and the government of a nation.”
That which is called reducing to tranquillity an empire, consists in the government of a state.
Exalt venerable old age, and a nation will arise possessed of filial piety; exalt seniors, and the people will arise with the respect due from younger brothers; exalt the compassionate who commiserate the fatherless, and the people will not rebel. A prince may measure the hearts of others by his own.
That which you hate in those above you, do not inflict on those below you: that which you hate in those below you, do not by it serve those above you: that which you hate in those before you, do not do to those behind you: that which you hate in those behind you, do not do to those before you: that which you hate in those on your right, do not communicate to those on your left: that which you hate in those on your left, do not communicate to those on your right. This is called the doctrine of measuring by square.
The Ode says, “How delightful for a prince to be the father and mother of the
