To see high merit and be unable to raise it to office, to raise it but not to give such promotion precedence, is just destiny. - Confucius

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To see high merit and be unable to raise it to office, to raise it but not to give such promotion precedence, is just destiny.

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Confucius (traditionally 28 September 551 B.C. – 479 B.C.) was a Chinese social philosopher, whose teachings deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. "Confucius" is a latinization of the Chinese 孔夫子, Kong Fu Zi or K'ung-fu-tzu, literally "Master Kong", but he is usually referred to in China with a simpler version of this honorific as 孔子, Kongzi, or Kǒng Zǐ.

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Native Name: 孔夫子
Alternative Names: Confucio Konfuzius Cheu-kong Chung-ni Cong-tse K'ung Chung-ni K'ung Fu-tse K'ung-fu-tzu K'ung-tzu Kong Fu Zi Kong Fuzi Kong Qiu Kong Zhongni Kongfuzi Kongqiu Kongzi Kung Chung-ni Kung Fu Tzu Kung Fu-tse Kungfutse Zhongni
Original (Chinese)
《 秦誓 》曰:「若有一个臣,斷斷兮無他技,其心休休焉,其如有容焉。人之有技,若己有之;人之彥聖,其心好之,不啻若自其口出。實能容之,以能保我子孫黎民,尚亦有利哉!人之有技,媢嫉以惡之;人之彥聖,而違之俾不通。實不能容,以不能保我子孫黎民,亦曰殆哉!」唯仁人放流之,迸諸四夷,不與同中國,此謂唯仁人為能愛人,能惡人。見賢而不能舉,舉而不能先,命也;見不善而不能退,退而不能遠,過也。好人之所惡,惡人…
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