Some one addressed Confucius, saying, “Sir, why are you not engaged in the government?” The Master said, “What does the Shu Jing say of filial piety? – ‘You are filial, you discharge your brotherly duties. These qualities are displayed in government.’ This then also constitutes the exercise of government. Why must there be THAT – making one be in the government?”
或谓孔子曰：“子奚不为政？”子曰：“《书》云：‘孝乎惟孝、友于兄弟，施于有政。’是亦为政，奚其为为政？”
Source: The Analects, Wei Zheng II, Chapter 21
Author: Confucius / 孔子
