The Master said, "If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
"If they be led by virtue, and uniformity sought to be given them by the rules of propriety, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Chapter 2, Part 3 - Confucius
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