Mencius. Book 4, Part 1, Chapter 5.
Book 4, Le Low. Part 1.
Mencius said, "People have this common saying, ‹ 'The empire, the state, the family.' The rot of the empire is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head."
Book 4, Le Low. Part 1.
Mencius said, "People have this common saying, ‹ 'The empire, the state, the family.' The rot of the empire is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head."
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Text source: The Works of Mencius. Translated by James Legge.
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