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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 15: Book XV: WEI LING KUNG

Analects of Confucius 15.17

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘The superior man in everything considers righteousness to be essential. He performs it according to the rules of propriety. He brings it forth in humility. He completes it with sincerity. This is indeed a superior man.’

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