Analects, book 2 · 4 of 24 chaptersWei zheng (Book 2)

Each chapter gives the source text, the key words in the commentary, what other commentators say, and Yikonglu's reading, with the video.

1. 2.1Governing by virtueNot that decrees are unnecessary, but that the one who governs must first have gained something himself
2. 2.2Thoughts without crookednessThe “without crookedness” lies in the reader, not entirely in the poems
3. 2.3Guiding them by decreesPunishment and decree keep people from crime; virtue and ritual move them toward good
4. 2.4At fifteen I set my heart on learningNot a certificate issued automatically at a certain age, but a road of learning.