Confucian Analects · Analects 5.2
The Master said of Tsze-chien, 'Of superior virtue indeed is such a man! If there were not virtuous men in Lu, how could this man have acquired this character?'
Chinese · source text【第二章】子謂子賤、君子哉若人、魯無君子者、斯焉取斯。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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