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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 12: Book XII: YEN YUAN

Analects of Confucius 12.16

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘The superior man seeks to perfect the admirable qualities of men, and does not seek to perfect their bad qualities. The mean man does the opposite of this.’

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