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

Analects of Confucius 19.20

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

Tsze-kung said, ‘Chau’s wickedness was not so great as that name implies. Therefore, the superior man hates to dwell

in a low-lying situation, where all the evil of the world will flow in upon him.’

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