Book 13: 《子路》 Zi Lu
《子路》 Passage 13.6
子曰：「其身正，不令而行；其身不正，雖令不從。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "When a prince's personal conduct is correct, his government is effective without the issuing of orders. If his personal conduct is not correct, he may issue orders, but they will not be followed."Word by word
- 子曰 zǐ yuē
the Master said
- 子 master, teacher — honorific title for Confucius
- 曰 said, spoke
- 其 qí
possessive pronoun: his own
Watson and Chin render this as the intensifying pronoun 'himself' rather than a possessive.
- 身 shēn
one's own person, oneself
- 正 zhèng
correct, upright
- 不 bù
not
- 令 lìng
to order, command
- 而 ér
connective: and yet, even so
- 行 xíng
to act, comply
- 其 qí
possessive pronoun: his own
Watson and Chin render this as the intensifying pronoun 'himself' rather than a possessive.
- 身 shēn
one's own person, oneself
- 不 bù
not
- 正 zhèng
correct, upright
- 雖 suī
although, even though
- 令 lìng
to order, command
- 不 bù
not
- 從 cóng
to follow, obey, comply with
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