Confucian Analects · Analects 3.5
The Master said, 'The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them.'
Chinese · source text【第五章】子曰、夷狄之有君、不如諸夏之亡也。
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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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