zhì luàn zhī zhèng, wèi shěng guān bìng zhí, qù wén jiù zhì yě. fū mián mián bù jué, bì yǒu luàn jié xiān xiān bù fá, bì chéng yāo niè. fū sān gāng bù zhèng, liù jì bù lǐ, zé dà luàn shēng yǐ. gù zhì guó zhě, yuán bù shī guī, fāng bù shī jǔ, běn bù shī mò, wèi zhèng bù shī qí dào, wàn shì kě chéng, qí gōng kě bǎo. fū sān jūn zhī luàn, fēn fēn rǎo rǎo, gè wéi qí lǐ. míng jūn zhì qí gāng jì, zhèng zhì dāng yǒu xiān hòu. xiān lǐ gāng, hòu lǐ jì xiān lǐ lìng, hòu lǐ fá xiān lǐ jìn, hòu lǐ yuǎn xiān lǐ nèi, hòu lǐ wài xiān lǐ běn, hòu lǐ mò xiān lǐ qiáng, hòu lǐ ruò xiān lǐ dà, hòu lǐ xiǎo xiān lǐ shàng, hòu lǐ xià xiān lǐ shēn, hòu lǐ rén. shì yǐ lǐ gāng zé jì zhāng, lǐ lìng zé fá xíng, lǐ jìn zé yuǎn ān, lǐ nèi zé wài duān, lǐ běn zé mò tōng, lǐ qiáng zé ruò shēn, lǐ dà zé xiǎo xíng, lǐ shàng zé xià zhèng, lǐ shēn zé rén jìng, cǐ nǎi zhì guó zhī dào yě.
治亂之政,謂省官並職,去文就質也。夫綿綿不絕,必有亂結;纖纖不伐,必成妖孽。夫三綱不正,六紀不理,則大亂生矣。故治國者,圓不失規,方不失矩,本不失末,為政不失其道,萬事可成,其功可保。夫三軍之亂,紛紛擾擾,各惟其理。明君治其綱紀,政治當有先後。先理綱,後理紀;先理令,後理罰;先理近,後理遠;先理內,後理外;先理本,後理末;先理強,後理弱;先理大,後理小;先理上,後理下;先理身,後理人。是以理綱則紀張,理令則罰行,理近則遠安,理內則外端,理本則末通,理強則弱伸,理大則小行,理上則下正,理身則人敬,此乃治國之道也。