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Confucian Analects · Analects 7.12

The things in reference to which the Master exercised the greatest caution were -- fasting, war, and sickness.
Chinese · source text【十二章】子之所慎、齊、戰、疾。
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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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