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

Analects of Confucius 19.9

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

Tsze-hsia said, ‘The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.’

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