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Ancient Classics -> Book of Changes -> Tuan Zhuan -> Jia Ren -> 1.1

In Jia Ren the wife has her correct place in the inner (trigram),
and the man his correct place in the outer.
That man and woman occupy their correct places
is the great righteousness shown (in the relation and positions of) heaven and earth.
In Jia Ren we have the idea of an authoritative ruler;
- that, namely, represented by the parental authority.
Let the father be indeed father,
and the son son;
let the elder brother be indeed elder brother,
and the younger brother younger brother,
let the husband be indeed husband,
and the wife wife:
- then will the family be in its normal state.
天下Bring the family to that state, and all under heaven will be established.


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