子曰,上好礼,则民易使也。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子说:在上位的人喜好礼,那么百姓就容易听从指使了。
James Legge Translation
The Master said, "When rulers love to observe the rules of propriety, the people respond readily to the calls on them for service."
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。
- 白话参考底本:《白话论语读本》,张兆瑢、沈元起编译,上海广益书局1948 年新三版。