Confucian Analects · Analects 13.27
The Master said, 'The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.'
Chinese · source text【廿七章】子曰、剛、毅、木、訥、近仁。
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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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