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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 11: Book XI: HSIEN TSIN

Analects of Confucius 11.20

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘If, because a man’s discourse appears solid and sincere, we allow him to be a good man, is he really a superior man? or is his gravity only in appearance?’

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