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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 14: Book XIV: HSIEN WAN

Analects of Confucius 14.23

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

Tsze-lu asked how a ruler should be served. The Master said, ‘Do not impose on him, and, moreover, withstand him to his face.’

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