The Ultimate Attraction: When Virtue Governs, the People Come Bearing Their Children

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Confucius said: “When this is so, people from all quarters will come, carrying their children on their backs.”

Now, when these things obtain, the people from all quarters will come to him, bearing their children on their backs.

夫如是，则四方之民襁负其子而至矣。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 4

Author: Confucius

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