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季jì康kāng子zǐ问wèn政zhèng于yú孔kǒng子zǐ，曰yuē，如rú杀shā无wú道dào，以yǐ就jiù有yǒu道dào，何hé如rú。孔kǒng子zǐ对duì曰yuē，子zǐ为wéi政zhèng，焉yān用yòng杀shā，子zǐ欲yù善shàn，而ér民mín善shàn矣yǐ，君jūn子zǐ之zhī德dé风fēng，小xiǎo人rén之zhī德dé草cǎo，草cǎo上shàng之zhī风fēng必bì偃yǎn。

Modern Chinese Guide

季康子向孔子请教政事说：如果杀掉无道的人，来成全有道的人，怎么样？孔子回答说：您治理政事，何必用杀戮呢？您想把事情做好，百姓自然也会向善。在上位者的德行好比风，百姓的德行好比草，风吹到草上，草一定会随着倒伏。

James Legge Translation

Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government, saying, "What do you say to killing the unprincipled for the good of the principled?" Confucius replied, "Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors, is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it."

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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