Da Xue
The Great Learning of Confucius
Confucius Text
The illustration of illustrious virtue
The renovation of the people
On resting in the highest excellence
Explanation of the root and the branches
On the investigation of things, and carrying knowledge to the utmost extent
On having the thoughts sincere
On personal cultivation as dependent on the rectification of the mind
The necessity of cultivating the person, in order to the regulation of the family
On regulating the family as the means to the well-ordering of the State
On the well-ordering of the State, and making the whole kingdom peaceful and happy