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cause, my explanation is too long to put in the comment area; sorry about that.

so, let's start: how to translate "何如", particularly in the book 呂氏春秋?
there're 7 occurrences of "何如" in 呂氏春秋:

http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/zh?searchu=何如

translate "何如" as "how" is appropriate, in some of them.

１　季冬紀﹒不侵　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/bu-qin/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  孟嘗君之好士何如


何如 is how --> how is (何如) mr maang (孟嘗君) fond of (好) gentlemen? (士)

２　審應覽﹒應言　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/ying-yan/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  公之事何如


何如 is how --> how (何如) is your (公之) business (事)?

３　離俗覽﹒離俗　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/li-su/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  伊尹何如


何如 is how --> how (何如) about mr yi (伊尹)?

４　先識覽﹒悔過　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/hui-guo/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  寡人興師，未知何如


this 何如 can be shortcut to result, or outcome; from "what's the result", or, "how's the outcome"

i (寡人 is a specialised first person pronoun used by sovereign) send the troop, unknown (未知) the outcome (何如)

５　貴直論﹒過理　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/guo-li/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  我何如主也


this "何如" should be "what" --> what type (何如) of sovereign (主) am i (我)?

to be balance, treat "何如" as "how" is also possible:

how do (何如) you think about me (我), as a sovereign (主)?

６　審分覽﹒審分　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/shen-fen/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  其轡何如


this "何如" should be "what" --> what's (何如) his (其) means (轡)

轡 (u+8f61) means bridle, a gear for a rider to "control" his horse. it was used here as a metaphor of sovereign's means to employ his officials. (有道之主﹒其所以使群臣者亦有轡)

then, last one:

７　恃君覽﹒恃君　http://ctext.org/lv-shi-chun-qiu/shi-jun/zh?searchu=何如&amp;searchmode=showall#result


  君道何如


"how should a ruler rules" is good, in english. however, as a translation, it's not.

"何如" --> "how should, it's ok; but the remaining, "君道" --> "a ruler rules", well, improper.

cause, "君道" as a noun here, is an entity, which is the same, in verses before this one:


  而君道不廢者 


and (而), the principles of sovereign (君道) is not (不) discarded (廢)


  而立其行君道者


and (而), support (立) the one who (其) carry out (行) [according to] the principles of sovereign (君道) 

briefly, "何如" can be translated to "how", in most occurrences in the book 呂氏春秋. sometime, it's better to translate it as "what".

about "君道", it's an entity. divide it into subject + verb; well, would be betrayal :)