Confucian Analects · Analects 9.1
The subjects of which the Master seldom spoke were-- profitableness, and also the appointments of Heaven, and perfect virtue.
Chinese · source text【第一章】子罕言、利、與命、與仁。
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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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