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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 13: Book XIII: TSZE-LU

Analects of Confucius 13.12

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.’

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