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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 19: Book XIX: TSZE-CHANG

Analects of Confucius 19.17

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The philosopher Tsang said, ‘I heard this from our Master:— “Men may not have shown what is in them to the full extent, and yet they will be found to do so, on occasion of mourning for their parents.”’

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