司馬牛問仁。子曰:「仁者其言也訒。」曰:「其言也訒,斯謂之仁已乎?」子曰:「為之難,言之得無訒乎?」 - Confucius

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司馬牛問仁。子曰:「仁者其言也訒。」曰:「其言也訒,斯謂之仁已乎?」子曰:「為之難,言之得無訒乎?」

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About Confucius

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Anonymous Chinese painter of the Western Han period (Public domain / CC0)

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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

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子曰:「愚而好自用,賤而好自專,生乎今之世,反古之道。如此者,災及其身者也。」非天子,不議禮,不制度,不考文。今天下車同軌,書同文,行同倫。雖有其位,苟無其德,不敢作禮樂焉;雖有其德,苟無其位,亦不敢作禮樂焉。

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