Confucian Analects · Analects 4.9
The Master said, 'A scholar, whose mind is set on truth, and who is ashamed of bad clothes and bad food, is not fit to be discoursed with.'
Chinese · source text【第八章】子曰、士志於道、而恥惡衣惡食者、未足與議也。
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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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