Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 14: 《憲問》 Xian Wen (Xian Asked)

《憲問》 Passage 14.15

子曰:「晉文公譎而不正,齊桓公正而不譎。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "Zang Wuzhong, keeping possession of Fang, asked of the duke of Lu to appoint a successor to him in his family. Although it may be said that he was not using force with his sovereign, I should say he was."
晉文公 齊桓公

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