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01 Xue Er02 Wei Zheng03 Ba Yi04 Li Ren05 Gong Ye Chang06 Yong Ye07 Shu Er08 Tai Bo09 Zi Han10 Xiang Dang11 Xian Jin12 Yan Yuan13 Zi Lu14 Xian Wen15 Wei Ling Gong16 Ji Shi17 Yang Huo18 Wei Zi19 Zi Zhang20 Yao Yue子zǐ 曰yuē , 道dǎo 之zhī 以yǐ 政zhèng , 齐qí 之zhī 以yǐ 刑xíng , 民mín 免miǎn 而ér 无wú 耻chǐ 。 道dǎo 之zhī 以yǐ 德dé , 齐qí 之zhī 以yǐ 礼lǐ , 有yǒu 耻chǐ 且qiě 格gé 。 1. The Master said, "If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame. 2. "If they be led by virtue, and uniformity sought to be given them by the rules of propriety, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good."
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Reviewed modern Chinese guide: 499/499 English translation: 499/499 Audio: 20/20 books include recordings, with 318/499 playable chapters Passage pinyin: 499/499 rendered Sources and license: Simplified Chinese source text is organized from public-domain Wikisource text; English uses James Legge's 1893-1895 public-domain translation; the modern Chinese guide follows the 1948 Guangyi Shuju Baihua Lunyu Duben tradition.
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