The Analects论语

Book 8, Passage 8.9

The Master said, 'The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.'

子曰:“民可使由之,不可使知之。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“民mín可kě使shǐ由yóu之zhī,不bù可kě使shǐ知zhī之zhī。”

1The Master said, 'The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.'

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