The Analects论语

Book 8, Passage 8.11

The Master said, 'Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the Duke of Chau, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not…

子曰:“如有周公之才之美,使骄且吝,其余不足观也已。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“如rú有yǒu周zhōu公gōng之zhī才cái之zhī美měi,使shǐ骄jiāo且qiě吝lìn,其qí余yú不bù足zú观guān也yě已yǐ。”

1The Master said, 'Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the Duke of Chau, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not worth being looked at.'

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