Confucian Analects · Analects 7.1
The Master said, 'A transmitter and not a maker, believing in and loving the ancients, I venture to compare myself with our old P'ang.'
Chinese · source text【第一章】子曰、述而不作、信而好古、竊比於我老彭。
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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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