Confucian Analects · Analects 3.25
The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.
Chinese · source text【廿五章】子謂韶、盡美矣、又盡善也、謂武、盡美矣、未盡善也。
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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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