子曰，无为而治者，其舜也与，夫何为哉，恭己正南面而已矣。
白话导读
孔子说：能够无所作为而使天下太平的，大概只有舜吧？他做了什么呢？只不过是庄重恭敬地端坐在朝廷的君位上罢了。
James Legge 英译
The Master said, "May not Shun be instanced as having governed efficiently without exertion? What did he do? He did nothing but gravely and reverently occupy his royal seat."
译注：James Legge 公版英译，1893 年原版。
注释
- 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。