子曰:“如有王者,必世而后仁。”
1The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.'
The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.'
1The Master said, 'If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail.'
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。