The Unemployed Sage: “If It Were State Affairs, I Would Have Heard”

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Confucius said: “If it were state affairs, though not employed, I would have been informed.”

If there had been government business, though I am not now in office, I should have been consulted about it.

如有政，虽不吾以，吾其与闻之。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 14

Author: Confucius

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