There are also 12 principles listed as the code of conduct for a great monarch:
1. looking after all subjects, ensuring them a happy life and prosperity;
2. establishing friendly relations with other states;
3. taking good care of relatives;
4. giving support to the ordained and to devout laymen and merchants;
5. helping people in remote areas;
6. giving support to monks and the learned;
7. preserving flora and fauna;
8. guiding the subjects onto the right path in life;
9. feeding the poor, so as to keep them from a life of crime; 10. keeping close to the learned, scholars and monks, to learn of the facts of life;
11. keeping clear of improper places;
12. subduing desires for illegitimate claims.