Confucian Analects · Analects 12.11
1. The Duke Ching, of Ch'i, asked Confucius about government. 2. Confucius replied, 'There is government, when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister; when the father is father, and the son is son.' 3. 'Good!' said the duke; 'if, indeed; the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the father not father, and the son not son, although I have my revenue, can I enjoy it?'
Chinese · source text【十一章】【一節】齊景公問政於孔子。【二節】孔子對曰、君君、臣臣、父父、子子。【三節】公曰、善哉、信如君不君、臣不臣、父不父、子不子、雖有粟、吾得而食諸。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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