Confucian Analects · Analects 15.35
The Master said, 'Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.'
Chinese · source text【卅五章】子曰、當仁、不讓於師。
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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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