Confucian Analects · Analects 17.23
Tsze-lu said, 'Does the superior man esteem valour?' The Master said, 'The superior man holds righteousness to be of highest importance. A man in a superior situation, having valour without righteousness, will be guilty of insubordination; one of the lower people having valour without righteousness, will commit robbery.'
Chinese · source text【廿三章】子路曰、君子尚勇乎。子曰、君子義以為上、君子有勇而無義、為亂、小人有勇而無義、為盜。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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