Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 14: 《憲問》 Xian Wen (Xian Asked)

《憲問》 Passage 14.44

闕黨童子將命。或問之曰:「益者與?」子曰:「吾見其居於位也,見其與先生並行也。非求益者也,欲速成者也。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "When rulers love to observe the rules of propriety, then the people respond readily to the calls on them for service."

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