子曰:“道之以政,齐之以刑,民免而无耻;道之以德,齐之以礼,有耻且格。”
The Master said, “Lead the people with adminis trative junctions (
zheng
政
) and keep them orderly with penal law (
xing
刑
), and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence (
de
德
) and keep them orderly through observing ritual propriety (
li
礼
) and they will develop a sense of shame, and moreover, will order themselves.”