Zhè jù ér zhòng xīng gǒng zhī, cháng bèi yòng lái bǐyù lǐngdǎo de déwàng.
The phrase 'and the stars revolve around it' is often used to describe a leader's moral prestige.
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From 《论语·为政》, opening passage: 为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所而众星共之 — 'governing with virtue is like the Pole Star: staying in its place while all the stars revolve around it.' The model of effortless, moral leadership.
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共 here is read gǒng — a classical loan for 拱 (gǒng, to encircle / pay homage), not the common gòng 'together.' Never quoted in isolation — it's a fragment that only makes sense as the tail of the full passage.
