Confucian Analects · Analects 2.12
The Master said, 'The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.'
Chinese · source text【十二章】子曰、君子不器。
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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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