Confucian Analects · Analects 13.23
The Master said, 'The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable.'
Chinese · source text【廿三章】子曰、君子和而不同、小人同而不和。
Read in context ›
Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
Passage preview. Read in context for the complete text, notes and references.