子曰,为政以德,譬如北辰,居其所,而众星共之。
白话导读
孔子说:用德行来治理政事,就像北极星安居在自己的位置上,众星都会围绕着它运行。
James Legge 英译
The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
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。
- 白话参考底本:《白话论语读本》,张兆瑢、沈元起编译,上海广益书局1948 年新三版。