Confucian Analects · Analects 14.24
The Master said, 'The progress of the superior man is upwards; the progress of the mean man is downwards.'
Chinese · source text【廿四章】子曰、君子上達、小人下達。
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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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