Confucian Analects · Analects 6.25
The Master said, 'The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.'
Chinese · source text【廿五章】子曰、君子博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。
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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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