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子zǐ曰yuē，善shàn人rén为wéi邦bāng百bǎi年nián，亦yì可kě以yǐ胜shèng残cán去qù杀shā矣yǐ，诚chéng哉zāi是shì言yán也yě。

Modern Chinese Guide

孔子说：善人治理国家一百年，也就可以战胜残暴、废除刑杀了。这话说得真对啊！

James Legge Translation

The Master said, "'If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad, and dispense with capital punishments.' True indeed is this saying!"

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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