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There is a saying, however, which people have -'To be a prince is difficult; to be a minister is not easy.'
人之言曰：‘為君難，為臣不易。’
"If a ruler knows this, the difficulty of being a prince, may there not be expected from this one sentence the prosperity of his country?"
“如知為君之難也，不幾乎一言而興邦乎？”
The duke then said, "Is there a single sentence which can ruin a country?"
曰：“一言而喪邦，有諸？”
Confucius replied, "Such an effect as that cannot be expected from one sentence.
孔子對曰：“言不可以若是其幾也。
There is, however, the saying which people have-'I have no pleasure in being a prince, but only in that no one can offer any opposition to what I say!'
人之言曰：‘予無樂乎為君，唯其言而莫予違也。’
If a ruler's words be good, is it not also good that no one oppose them?
如其善而莫之違也，不亦善乎？
But if they are not good, and no one opposes them, may there not be expected from this one sentence the ruin of his country?"
如不善而莫之違也，不幾乎一言而喪邦乎？”
The Duke of Sheh asked about government, the Master said, "Good government obtains when those who are near are made happy, and those who are far off are attracted."
葉公問政，子曰：“近者說，遠者來。”
Tsze-hsia! being governor of Chu-fu, asked about government, the Master said, "Do not be desirous to have things done quickly, do not look at small advantages.
子夏為莒父宰，問政，子曰：“無欲速，無見小利。
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly, looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."
欲速則不達，見小利則大事不成。”
