1. The first sentence in the Confucian " Doctrine of the Mean " ( tr. 2. Zi SiConfucius's grandsonis said to have taught Mencius and written the Doctrine of the Mean . 3. This principle was demonstrated in the first chapter of " Doctrine of the Mean ": 4. He read the Confucian Doctrine of the Mean , and later Lao-Tzu and Chuang-Tzu. 5. Aristotle's " Doctrine of the Mean " is a paradigm example of his thinking. 6. I've already done it, as a test, in the Doctrine of the Mean , see talk. 7. Nakai Riken wrote extensive commentaries on the three of the four books Analects, Doctrine of the mean and Mencius. 8. The doctrine of the mean is the belief that the truth is always in the middle, between extreme viewpoints. 9. "The Doctrine of the Mean " represents moderation, rectitude, objectivity, sincerity, honesty and propriety. 10. At five years of age, he was able to read and comprehend The Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Mean .