Chi K'ang asked Confucius about government, saying, "What do you say to killing the unprincipled for the good of the principled?"Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
Confucius replied, "Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Monday, February 6, 2012
Chapter 12, Part 19 - Confucius
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