The essentials in controlling oneself, managing a household and governing the country can be acquired through diligent study of the Shinto literatures, such as Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) and Kogo-shui (History of the Inbe clan).
身を修め、家を整え、国を治めるといったことの要領も、古事記・日本書紀・古語拾遺等の皇典を研鑚するうちにわかる。」