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Zhenguan Zhengyao (Essentials of Government of the Zhenguan Era)貞觀政要
A topical collection of the words exchanged between Emperor Taizong of Tang and his ministers. It opens with the way of a ruler, moves through how to accept remonstrance, how to choose officials, punishment, taxes and campaigns, and ends with "On Being Careful to the End." The backbone of the book is Wei Zheng speaking face to face and bending the emperor's will, and Taizong taking it. Here too are the withdrawal from the fortress of Ansi in Goguryeo, which he never took, and the bolts of silk he gave its lord as he turned back, and Fang Xuanling's dying memorial urging him to give up the campaign against Liaodong.
All 10 volumes and 41 chapters fully translated (388 paragraphs). 「Straight Remonstrance」 at the end of volume 2 is an addition with no number, so one is added to forty, making forty-one. The source text is the Wikisource edition, whose terms of use are open worldwide. The graph counts were matched against the source text chapter by chapter, and all forty-one chapters were confirmed to differ by not a single graph.
- On Caution to the End論慎終第四十 · 22 passages · 3,370 Chinese characters
On Calamities and Auspices
- On Calamities and Auspicious Omens論災祥第三十九 · 7 passages · 1,526 Chinese characters
- On Hunting論畋獵第三十八 · 5 passages · 1,053 Chinese characters
- On Imperial Progresses論行幸第三十七 · 4 passages · 784 Chinese characters
On Pacifying the Frontier
- On Pacifying the Frontiers論安邊第三十六 · 6 passages · 2,145 Chinese characters
On Campaigns
- On Military Campaigns論征伐第三十五 · 23 passages · 3,795 Chinese characters
Distinguishing Rise and Fall
- Discerning Rise and Fall辨興亡第三十四 · 5 passages · 817 Chinese characters
On Tribute and Taxes
- On Tribute and Taxation論貢賦第三十三 · 5 passages · 566 Chinese characters
- On Amnesties論赦令第三十二 · 4 passages · 543 Chinese characters
On Punishment and Law
- On Punishments and Law論刑法第三十一 · 18 passages · 2,977 Chinese characters
- On Devotion to Agriculture論務農第三十 · 4 passages · 618 Chinese characters
- On Rites and Music論禮樂第二十九 · 17 passages · 2,951 Chinese characters
- On Literature and History論文史第二十八 · 4 passages · 700 Chinese characters
Exalting Confucian Learning
- Honoring Confucian Learning崇儒學第二十七 · 6 passages · 985 Chinese characters
- On Greed and Meanness論貪鄙第二十六 · 6 passages · 936 Chinese characters
On Extravagance and Licence
- On Extravagance and License論奢縱第二十五 · 6 passages · 1,156 Chinese characters
On Repenting Faults
- On Repenting of Faults論悔過第二十四 · 4 passages · 498 Chinese characters
On Shutting Out Slander
- On Blocking Slander and Wickedness論杜讒邪第二十三 · 7 passages · 1,290 Chinese characters
- On Caution in Speech論慎言語第二十二 · 3 passages · 703 Chinese characters
On Caution in What One Loves
- On Caution in One's Likings論慎所好第二十一 · 4 passages · 586 Chinese characters
- On Compassion論仁惻第二十 · 4 passages · 428 Chinese characters
On Humility and Yielding
- On Modesty and Deference論謙讓第十九 · 3 passages · 598 Chinese characters
- On Frugality論儉約第十八 · 9 passages · 1,330 Chinese characters
- Sincerity and Good Faith誠信第十七 · 10 passages · 1,543 Chinese characters
- Impartiality公平第十六 · 20 passages · 5,339 Chinese characters
- Filial Piety and Brotherly Love孝友第十五 · 5 passages · 432 Chinese characters
On Loyalty and Duty
- On Loyalty and Righteousness論忠義第十四 · 14 passages · 2,425 Chinese characters
- Benevolence and Righteousness仁義第十三 · 4 passages · 459 Chinese characters
Admonishing the Heir Apparent
- Admonishing the Crown Prince規諫太子第十二 · 24 passages · 3,996 Chinese characters
Instructing the Heir and the Princes
- Instructing the Crown Prince and the Princes教戒太子諸王第十一 · 9 passages · 1,993 Chinese characters
Honouring Teachers and Tutors
- Honoring Teachers and Tutors尊敬師傅第十 · 11 passages · 1,719 Chinese characters
Fixing the Stations of the Heir and the Princes
- Fixing the Stations of the Crown Prince and the Princes太子諸王定分第九 · 4 passages · 976 Chinese characters
- Enfeoffment封建第八 · 11 passages · 2,652 Chinese characters
Choosing Officials
- Selecting Officials擇官第七 · 15 passages · 3,165 Chinese characters
- Warnings for Ruler and Minister君臣鑒戒第六 · 13 passages · 3,048 Chinese characters
Direct Remonstrance — Appended
- Forthright Remonstrance — Supplement直諫 · 11 passages · 4,184 Chinese characters
- Accepting Remonstrance納諫第五 · 14 passages · 2,278 Chinese characters
- Seeking Remonstrance求諫第四 · 11 passages · 1,927 Chinese characters
- Employing the Worthy任賢第三 · 8 passages · 4,224 Chinese characters
- The Substance of Government政體第二 · 14 passages · 3,282 Chinese characters
The Way of the Ruler
- The Way of the Sovereign君道第一 · 14 passages · 2,179 Chinese characters