論語The Analects of Confucius

論語The Analects of Confucius

Book 4: 《里仁》 Li Ren (Dwelling in Ren)

《里仁》 Passage 4.13

子曰:「能以禮讓為國乎?何有?不能以禮讓為國,如禮何?」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "If a prince is able to govern his kingdom with the complaisance proper to the rules of propriety, what difficulty will he have? If he cannot govern it with that complaisance, what has he to do with the rules of propriety?"

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