An old chinese proverb => its source?

[christian thompson]

There is an old chinese proverb that I picked up some where and have now
forgotten the source.

Does any one know the source of the following:

The beginning of knowledge consists in learning to call things by their
names.

Thanks

F. Christian Thompson
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