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

Analects of Confucius 6.4

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master, speaking of Chung-kung, said, ‘If the calf of a brindled cow be red and horned, although men may not wish to use it, would the spirits of the mountains and rivers put it aside?’

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