子zǐ曰yuē，能néng以yǐ礼lǐ让ràng为wéi国guó乎hū，何hé有yǒu，不bù能néng以yǐ礼lǐ让ràng为wéi国guó，如rú礼lǐ何hé。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：能够用礼让来治理国家吗？那治国还有什么难的呢？如果不能用礼让来治理国家，那礼又有什么用呢？

James Legge Translation

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?"

Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.

Notes

底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。

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