Confucian Analects · Analects 15.2
1. The Master said, 'Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps them in memory?' 2. Tsze-kung replied, 'Yes,-- but perhaps it is not so?' 3. 'No,' was the answer; 'I seek a unity all-pervading.'
Chinese · source text【第二章】【一節】子曰、賜也、女以予為多學而識之者與。【二節】對曰、然、非與。【三節】曰、非也、予一以貫之。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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