Confucian Analects

Fan Ch'ih requested to be tau...

The Master said, 'When a prin...

The Master said, 'Though a ma...

The Master said, 'Though a man may be able to recite the three hundred odes, yet if, when intrusted with a governmental charge, he knows not how to act, or if, when sent to any quarter on a mission, he cannot give his replies unassisted, notwithstanding the extent of his learning, of what practical use is it?'

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Fan Ch'ih requested to be tau...

The Master said, 'When a prin...