The Analects论语

Book 13, Passage 13.12

The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.'

子曰:“如有王者,必世而后仁。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“如rú有yǒu王wáng者zhě,必bì世shì而ér后hòu仁rén。”

1The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

世:古代以三十年为一世。

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