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季jì康kāng子zǐ问wèn政zhèng于yú孔kǒng子zǐ。孔kǒng子zǐ对duì曰yuē，政zhèng者zhě正zhèng也yě，子zǐ帅shuài以yǐ正zhèng，孰shú敢gǎn不bú正zhèng。

Modern Chinese Guide

季康子向孔子请教怎样治理政事。孔子回答说：政的意思就是端正。您自己带头端正，谁还敢不端正呢？

James Legge Translation

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?"

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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