子曰：“善人为邦百年，亦可以胜残去杀矣。诚哉是言！”
1The Master said, '"If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad, and dispense with capital punishments." True indeed is this saying!'
Book 13, Passage 13.11
The Master said, '"If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad, and dispense with…
子曰：“善人为邦百年，亦可以胜残去杀矣。诚哉是言！”
All 30 passages in Book 1311 of 30
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Chinese commentary · 2 notes
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
为邦：治国。
胜残：克服残暴。