1. 5 Bonds: Good relationships between ruler and ministers, parents and children, husband and wife, brothers and sisters, friends.

2. 8 virtues: filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, trustworthiness, propriety, righteousness, integrity, shamefulness.

3. 4 ethical principles: righteousness, integrity, shamefulness.

4. 3 mainstays of social order: ruler and ministers, parents and children, husband and wife.

5. 5 Constant virtues: Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustfulness