54。    
凡 训 蒙， 须 讲 究。
fán xùn méng xū jiǎng jiù
(all teach ignorant, must explain investigate)

To teach, one must research, then explain.

55。    
详 训 诂， 明 句 读。
xiáng xùn gǔ míng jù dù
(minutely teach {oldmeanings}, clearly sentence paragraph)

Carefully teach the interpretations of the old texts and clearly distinguish sentences and paragraphs.1


56。    
为 学 者， 必 有 初。
wéi xué zhě bì yǒu chū
(become study those, must have beginning)

Those who would learn must have a starting point.

57。    
小 学 终， 至 四 书。
xiǎo xué zhōng zhì sì shū
(little learning done, to four books)

After they have learned the basics, they should go on to the Four Books: . . .

58。    
论 语 者， 二 十 篇。
lùn yǔ zhě èr shí piān
(Lun Yu this, two ten chapters)

. . . the Analects of Confucius, in twenty chapters, . . .about Confucius  TL

59。   
群 弟 子， 记 善 言。
qún dì zǐ jì shàn yán
(group younger brother son write down perfect words)

. . . in which his disciples wrote down his wise words; . . .

60。    
孟 子 者， 七 篇 止。
mèng zǐ zhě qī piān zhǐ
(Meng Zi this, seven chapters stop)

. . . the works of Mencius in seven chapters, . . . TL

61。    
讲 道 德， 说 仁 义。
jiǎng dào dé shuō rén yì
(speak road virtue, speak benevolence righteousness)

. . . which tell us of the way to achieve virtue, and benevolence and righteousness; . . .

62。   
作 中 庸， 子 思 笔。
zuò zhōng yōng zǐ sī bǐ
(made doctrine mean Zi Si brush)

. . . The Way of the Mean written by Zi Si, ...

63。    
中 不 偏， 庸 不 易。
zhōng bù piān yōng bù yì
(mean not slanting, way not changeable)

. . . in whose title, "mean" connotes uprightness and "way" is unchanging; . . .

64。    
作 大 学， 乃 曾 子。
zuò dà xué nǎi zēng zǐ
(made great learning was Zeng Zi)

. . . and The Book of the Great Learning by Zeng Zi, . . .

65。    
自 修 齐， 至 平 治。
zì xiū qí zhì píng zhì
(from construct order to peace govern)

. . . which tells of topics ranging from how to develop as an indivisual to how to govern a state peacefully.

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1 Traditionally, Chinese is written without punctuation, so part of becoming educated involved learning to induce the sentence and paragraph structure of unformatted text.