 | James Legge - China - 1893 - 532 pages
...CHAP. XI. i. The duke Ching, of Ch'l, asked Confucius about government. 2. Confucius replied, ' Tliere is government, when the prince is prince, and the...minister; when the father is father, and the son is son.' 3. ' Good!' said the duke ; ' if, indeed ; the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the... | |
 | Ross Winans - 1903 - 496 pages
...the requirements of duty in the various relations of society, and in the exercise of government. " There is government when the prince is prince, and...minister, when the father is father, and the son is son." There is a sufficient foundation in nature for government in the several relations of society, and... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - Literary Criticism - 1905 - 444 pages
...understanding me." He still, however, discussed politics with the duke, and taught him that " There is good government when the prince is prince, and the minister...minister; when the father is father, and the son is son." "Good," said the duke; "if, indeed, the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, and the son... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - China - 1906 - 298 pages
...will exist, and of the results of it, he has plenty to say. According to him, good government exists when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister ; when the father is father, and the son is son.8 This is all true enough; but Yu struck deeper when he said, " When a sovereign can realize the... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 462 pages
...make a difference.' " XI. 1. The Duke King, of Ts'e, asked Confucius about government. 2. Confucius replied, "There is government, when the prince is...; when the father is father, and the son is son." 3. "Good !" said the duke ; "if indeed, the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the father... | |
 | James Legge - Confucianism - 1907 - 280 pages
...about government, and received the characteristic reply, ' There is government when the ruler is ruler, and the minister is minister ; when the father is father, and the son is son.6' I say that the reply is characteristic. Once, when Tsze-lu asked him what he would consider... | |
 | James Legge - Confucianism - 1909 - 356 pages
...fabulous, though quoted in proof of Confucius' sage wisdom. This reference to them is more than enough. •when the prince is prince, and the minister is...minister; when the father is father, and the son is son."* I say that the reply is characteristic. Once, when Tsze-loo asked him what he would consider the first... | |
 | Hymns - 1910 - 524 pages
...Ching,' Duke of Ch'i asked Confucius, What is kingcraft? Confucius answered : " When the king is king and the minister is minister; when the father is father and the son is son." " True indeed ! " said the duke. " Were the king no king and the minister no minister, were the father... | |
 | China - 1914 - 640 pages
...Pol ^P> nS Ifc tfco ^e IE JEc % f ^C Pnl xEo •? ^ A O f Elc CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. fgf "p 2. Confucius replied, " There is government, when the prince is...minister;, when the father is father, and the son is son. 3. "Good!" said the duke; ""if, indeed ; the prince be not prince, the minister not minister, the father... | |
 | Confucius - Confucianism - 1925 - 136 pages
...Ching, * Duke of Ch'i, asked Confucius, What is kingcraft ? Confucius answered: "When the king is king and the minister is minister; when the father is father and the son is son." "True indeed!" said the duke. "Were the king no king and the minister no minister, were the father... | |
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There is government, when the prince is prince, and the minister is minister; when the father is father, and the son is son. 
