Confucian Analects · Analects 4.21
The Master said, 'The years of parents may by no means not be kept in the memory, as an occasion at once for joy and for fear.'
Chinese · source text【廿一章】子曰、父母之年、不可不知也、一則以喜、一則以懼。
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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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