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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 15: Book XV: WEI LING KUNG

Analects of Confucius 15.4

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

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.’

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