Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 5: 《公冶長》 Gong Ye Chang

《公冶長》 Passage 5.2

子謂南容,「邦有道,不廢;邦無道,免於刑戮。」以其兄之子妻之。

Legge Translation (1861)

Of Nan Rong he said that if the country were well governed he would not be out of office, and if it were ill-governed, he would escape punishment and disgrace. He gave him the daughter of his own elder brother to wife.
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