Confucian Analects · Analects 5.27
The Master said, 'In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honourable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of learning.'
Chinese · source text【廿七章】子曰、十室之邑、必有忠信、如丘者焉、不如丘之好學也。
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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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