Confucian Analects · Analects 17.13
The Master said, 'Your good, careful people of the villages are the thieves of virtue.'
Chinese · source text【十三章】子曰、鄉原、德之賊也。
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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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