The Analects

Raise the Straight Above the Crooked

Governing 8, Whom You Raise

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A ruler asked. What must be done for the people to follow?

Nothing in the answer is about handling the people. It was to raise the straight and set them above the crooked.

The same five characters stand in another place, and there they go a step further. The crooked can be made straight.

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