Confucian Analects · Analects 14.36
1. Some one said, 'What do you say concerning the principle that injury should be recompensed with kindness?' 2. The Master said, 'With what then will you recompense kindness? 3. 'Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.'
Chinese · source text【卅六章】【一節】或曰、以德報怨、何如。【二節】子曰、何以報德。【三節】以直報怨、以德報德。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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