Confucian Analects · Analects 1.16
The Master said, 'I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.'
Chinese · source text【十六章】子曰、不患人之不己知、患不知人也。
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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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