Confucian Analects

Tsze-chang said, 'When a man ...

Tsze-chang said, 'The scholar...

Tsze-chang said, 'The scholar, trained for public duty, seeing threatening danger, is prepared to sacrifice his life. When the opportunity of gain is presented to him, he thinks of righteousness. In sacrificing, his thoughts are reverential. In mourning, his thoughts are about the grief which he should feel. Such a man commands our approbation indeed.'

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Tsze-chang said, 'When a man ...