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The Analects.
II. xx, xxi.
以勤、如之何。子曰、臨
之以莊、則敬、孝慈、則
忠、舉善而教不能、則
勤。
廿一
或謂孔子曰、子奚不
為政。子曰、書云孝乎、
and loyalty, so that they might be mutually emulous (for the welfare of the State), the Master said: "Lead them with dignity and they will be respectful; be filial and kind and they will be loyal; promote those who excel and teach the incompetent, and they will encourage each other."
CHAPTER XXI.—1. Some one addressed Confucius with the remark: "Why, Sir, are you not in the public service?" 2. The
Master answered: "Does not the Book of History say concerning filial duty,—'But
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