According to these texts, what are the characteristics of a good ruler? What are the traits of a good husband? A good wife?
According to these texts, what brings political and domestic harmony? What brings discord?
What, from these texts, suggests that they offer an elite, primarily male, perspective? To what extent do the ideas presented in these texts extend beyond elite men to women, children, and non-elites?
What do these texts suggest about the similarities and differences in ideas about political and domestic harmony in Han China and late republican and imperial Rome?