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君正臣賢 Upright Ruler And Worthy Ministers
那國王又呻吟嘆道：「誠乃是天朝大國，君正臣賢。似我寡人久病多時，並無一臣拯救。」那国王又呻吟叹道：「诚乃是天朝大国，君正臣贤。似我寡人久病多时，并无一臣拯救。」
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那國王又呻吟嘆道：「誠乃是天朝大國，君正臣賢。
那国王又呻吟叹道：「诚乃是天朝大国，君正臣贤。
The king groaned again and sighed, "Truly this is a great kingdom of the celestial court — the ruler upright, the ministers worthy.
君正臣賢 answers the two questions he asked before the recital — 幾朝君正 and 幾輩臣賢 — in the same four characters. He is quoting his own question back as a verdict.
似我寡人久病多時，並無一臣拯救。」
似我寡人久病多时，并无一臣拯救。」
"Whereas I, the solitary one, have been sick this long while, and not one minister has come to my rescue."
寡人, the solitary one, is a ruler's conventional humility. The sentence around it means the word literally for once.
The whole recital has landed as an accusation against his own court. He asked how many worthy ministers the Tang had, was told, and has drawn the comparison nobody offered.
並無一臣 is the sharpest thing he says. Not that his ministers have failed, but that there is not one of them — the count is zero, and he makes it with a hall full of them listening.
It is also the moment the two halves of the chapter join. A proclamation calling for physicians was being drafted this morning; the king has just explained, without meaning to, why it was needed.