Passage 8

In English

Emperor brought up his children with great love and affection and performed the thread ceremony when they were five years old. The Emperor prayed to Sage to initiate the children into the discipline of learning. The children mastered the four before their tenth year. Indeed, before the age of ten, they became masters of all types of knowledge - moral, secular, and spiritual. These four children strove to secure the welfare and well being of all people.