Winning People Through Goodness

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孟（mèng）子（zǐ）曰（yuē）：（）“（）以（yǐ）善（shàn）服（fú）人（rén）者（zhě），（）未（wèi）有（yǒu）能（néng）服（fú）人（rén）者（zhě）也（yě）。（）以（yǐ）善（shàn）养（yǎng）人（rén），（）然（rán）后（hòu）能（néng）服（fú）天（tiān）下（xià）。（）天（tiān）下（xià）不（bù）心（xīn）服（fú）而（ér）王（wáng）者（zhě），（）未（wèi）之（zhī）有（yǒu）也（yě）。（）”（）

Mencius said, “Those who try to subdue others by their own goodness have never truly won them over. Nurture people through goodness, and only then can you win the realm. No one has ever become a true king without winning the people’s hearts.”

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