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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 6: Book VI: YUNG YEY

Analects of Confucius 6.10

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

Yen Ch’iu said, ‘It is not that I do not delight in your doctrines, but my strength is insufficient.’ The Master said, ‘Those whose strength is insufficient give over in the middle of the way but now you limit yourself.’

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