Confucian Analects · Analects 8.2
1. The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness. 2. 'When those who are in high stations perform well all their duties to their relations, the people are aroused to virtue. When old friends are not neglected by them, the people are preserved from meanness.'
Chinese · source text【第二章】【一節】子曰、恭而無禮則勞、慎而無禮則葸、勇而無禮則亂、直而無禮則絞。【二節】君子篤於親、則民興於仁、故舊不遺、則民不偷。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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