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Confucian Analects · Analects 7.20

The subjects on which the Master did not talk, were-- extraordinary things, feats of strength, disorder, and spiritual beings.
Chinese · source text【二十章】子不語、怪、力、亂、神。
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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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