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The Master said, 'When names are not correct, speech does not flow smoothly. When speech does not flow, tasks cannot be accomplished.'
Confucius' famous doctrine of the 'rectification of names' (正名) insists that when things are called what they are, everything else follows. When roles, expectations, and words are clear and honest, households—like states—run more smoothly. Disorder in language creates disorder in life.