Confucian Analects · Analects 14.8
The Master said, 'Can there be love which does not lead to strictness with its object? Can there be loyalty which does not lead to the instruction of its object?'
Chinese · source text【第八章】子曰、愛之、能勿勞乎、忠焉、能勿誨乎。
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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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