Confucian Analects · Analects 9.27
The Master said, 'When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.'
Chinese · source text【廿七章】子曰、歲寒、然後知松柏之後彫也。
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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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