子zǐ曰yuē，苟gǒu有yǒu用yòng我wǒ者zhě，朞jī月yuè，而ér已yǐ可kě也yě，三sān年nián有yǒu成chéng。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：如果有人肯任用我，一年就能初见成效，三年就能大有成就。

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "If there were (any of the princes) who would employ me, in the course of twelve months, I should have done something considerable. In three years, the government would be perfected."

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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