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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Zhou Shu -> Announcement of the Duke of Shao -> 11

'In the position of king, let him not, because of the excesses of the people in violation of the laws,
presume also to rule by the violent infliction of death; when the people are regulated gently,
the merit (of government) is seen.
It is for him who is in the position of king to overtop all with his virtue.
天下 In this case the people will imitate him throughout the kingdom,
and he will become still more illustrious.
Let the king and his ministers labour with a mutual sympathy,
saying, "We have received the decree of Heaven,
and it shall be great as the long-continued years of Xia;
yea, it shall not fail of the long-continued years of Yin."
。”I wish the king, through (the attachment of) the lower people, to receive the long-abiding decree of Heaven.'


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