Chao Tung-shu, the 22nd tsung-ling-cheng (equivalent to cardinal in the Catholic church), explained the meaning of Tsai Li Chiao: "Tsai means cherishing, while Li means politeness, including adopting a social and national code.
理教第二十二代總領正趙東書曾解釋說：「在，即心存善念之意；理，在自然界就是定律，在社會上就是規律，在國家上就是法律。