Confucian Analects · Analects 12.15
The Master said, 'By extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, one may thus likewise not err from what is right.'
Chinese · source text【十五章】子曰、博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。
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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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