引自《四书》（The Four Books），湖南出版社（英汉对照，文白对照），1995第二版。

原文：“古之欲明明德于天下者，先治其国；欲治其国者，先齐其家；欲齐其家者，先修其身；欲修其身者，先正其心；欲正其心者，先诚其意；欲诚其意者，先致其知。致知在格物，物格而后知至，知至而后意诚，意诚而后心正，心正而后身修，身修而后家齐，家齐而后国治，国治而后天下平”。

中文注解：古代想要使天下人人都能发扬自己天赋的善良美德的人，必须先治理好自己的国家；想要治理好自己的国家，先要整顿自己的家庭；想要整顿好自己的家庭，先要修养好自身；想要修养好自身，先要端正自己的心志；想要端正自己的心志，先要使自己意念诚实无妄；想要使自己意念诚实无妄，先要丰富自己的各类知识；要丰富自己的各类知识，在于穷究事物的道理。穷究了在于穷究事物的道理，知识就丰富了；知识丰富了，意念就诚实无妄了；意念诚实无妄了，心志就端正了；心志端正了，自身就修养好了；自身修养好了…

英文注解：…Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things. Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their person being cultivated, …

源自:《“EARS”在中国适用性研究》

Source: The Application of an Internationally Peer Reviewed Professional Glossary System, the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS), in China