Confucian Analects · Analects 6.14
The Master said, 'Without the specious speech of the litanist T'o and the beauty of the prince Chao of Sung, it is difficult to escape in the present age.'
Chinese · source text【十四章】子曰、不有祝鮀之佞、而有宋朝之美、難乎免於今之世矣。
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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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