Politicians are upright. If his body is upright, he will not do what he is told; if his body is not upright, he will not do what he is told.

Excerpt: Ji Kangzi asked Confucius about politics. Confucius said to him: "A politician must be upright. Who dares to be unjust when he is in charge?"

﹝Spring and Autumn Period﹞Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius·Yan Yuan"

Confucius said: "His body is To be righteous is to act without being told; if the body is not righteous, even if it is not obeyed, Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius"

Explanation: Confucius said: Those who are above must behave righteously, and there is no need to order those below. Even those who do not behave according to what they do are not upright. Even if they give orders, those below them will not obey them.

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