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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 4: Book IV: LE JIN

Analects of Confucius 4.7

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘The faults of men are characteristic of the class to which they belong. By observing a man’s faults, it may be known that he is virtuous.’

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