Confucian Analects · Analects 19.2
Tsze-chang said, 'When a man holds fast to virtue, but without seeking to enlarge it, and believes right principles, but without firm sincerity, what account can be made of his existence or non-existence?'
Chinese · source text【第二章】子張曰、執德不弘、信道不篤、焉能為有、焉能為亡。
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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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