If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Language is insight itself.

In language clarity is everything.

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things