Confucian Analects · Analects 12.17
Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government. Confucius replied, 'To govern means to rectify. If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?'
Chinese · source text【十七章】李康子問政於孔子。孔子對曰、政者正也、子帥以正、孰敢不正。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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