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If you desire what is good, the people will be good. The character of a ruler is like… — Confucius

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If you desire what is good, the people will be good. The character of a ruler is like wind and that of the people is like grass. In whatever direction the wind blows the grass always bends.

Confucius
Analects · 221 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.
Original citation
Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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