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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 9: Book IX: TSZE HAN

Analects of Confucius 9.13

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

  1. The Master was wishing to go and live among the nine wild tribes of the east. 2. Some one said, ‘They are rude. How can you do such a thing?’ The Master said, ‘If a superior man dwelt among them, what rudeness would there be?’
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