玉不琢，不成器；人不學，不知道。是故古之王者建國君民，教學為先�！秲睹�》曰：“念終始典于學�！逼浯酥�謂乎！

The jade uncut will not form a vessel for use;and if men do not learn,they do not know the way(in which they should go).On this account the ancient kings,when establishing states and governing the people,made instruction and schools a primary object;-as it is said in the charge to Yue,“The thoughts from first to last should be fixed on learning”