Confucian Analects · Analects 15.8
The Master said, 'The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.'
Chinese · source text【第八章】子曰、志士、仁人、無求生以害仁、有殺身以成仁。
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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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