“If the people be led by laws, and uniformity among them be sought by punishments, they will try to escape punishment and have no sense of shame. If they are led by virtue, and uniformity sought among them through the practice of ritual propriety, they will possess a sense of shame and come to you of their own accord.” (Lunyu 2.3; see also 13.6.)
It is interesting that I come across this quote in my reading. It is yet another way of expressing what I was talking about here.
Now I'm curious to understand xiào, Filial Piety.
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