ABSTRACT
Tse-Long said ‘The prince of Wei has been waiting for you, in order to administer the government with you. What will you consider the first thing to be done?’ The Master [Confucius] replied
What is necessary is to rectify names . . . If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the order of things. If language is not in accordance with the order of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success . . . Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that names he uses may be spoken appropriately . . .
