Confucian Analects · Analects 15.40
The Master said, 'In language it is simply required that it convey the meaning.'
Chinese · source text【四十章】子曰、辭、達而已矣。
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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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