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

Analects of Confucius 15.8

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.’

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