Confucian Analects

The Master said, 'The command...

The Master said, 'When the ye...

The Master said, 'Dressed him...

The Master said, 'Dressed himself in a tattered robe quilted with hemp, yet standing by the side of men dressed in furs, and not ashamed;— ah! it is Yu who is equal to this!

'"He dislikes none, he covets nothing;— what can he do but what is good!"'

Tsze-lu kept continually repeating these words of the ode, when the Master said, 'Those things are by no means sufficient to constitute (perfect) excellence.'

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The Master said, 'The command...

The Master said, 'When the ye...