If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. — Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
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— Confucius, The Analects of Confucius
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