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Confucian Analects · Analects 15.21

The Master said, 'The superior man is dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, but not a partizan.'
Chinese · source text【廿一章】子曰、君子矜而不爭、群而不黨。
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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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