Confucian Analects · Analects 6.5
The Master said, 'Such was Hui that for three months there would be nothing in his mind contrary to perfect virtue. The others may attain to this on some days or in some months, but nothing more.'
Chinese · source text【第五章】子曰、回也、其心三月不違仁、其餘、則日月至焉而已矣。
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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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