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Confucian Analects · Analects 14.16

The Master said, 'The duke Wan of Tsin was crafty and not upright. The duke Hwan of Ch'i was upright and not crafty.'
Chinese · source text【十六章】子曰、晉文公譎而不正、齊桓公正而不譎。
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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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