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Analects (Legge) · Book XII

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1 The Duke Ching, of Ch’i, asked Confucius about government.

2 Confucius replied, ‘There is government, when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister; when the father is father, and the son is son.’

3 ‘Good!’ said the duke; ‘if, indeed; the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the father not father, and the son not son, although I have my revenue, can I enjoy it?’