Confucian Analects · Analects 9.13
1. The Master was wishing to go and live among the nine wild tribes of the east. 2. Some one said, 'They are rude. How can you do such a thing?' The Master said, 'If a superior man dwelt among them, what rudeness would there be?'
Chinese · source text【十三章】【一節】子欲居九夷。【二節】或曰、陋、如之何。子曰、君子居之、何陋之有。
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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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