The Art of Governance: Promote the Upright to Rectify the Crooked

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Confucius said: “Employ the upright and put aside the crooked; thus the crooked can be made upright.”

Employ the upright and put aside all the crooked; in this way the crooked can be made to be upright.

举直错诸枉，能使枉者直。

Source: The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Chapter 22

Author: Confucius

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