The Analects论语

Book 15, Passage 15.17

The Master said, 'When a number of people are together, for a whole day, without their conversation turning on righteousness, and when they are fond of carrying…

子曰,“群居终日,言不及义,好行小慧,难矣哉!”
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子zǐ曰yuē,“群qún居jū终zhōng日rì,言yán不bù及jí义yì,好hào行xíng小xiǎo慧huì,难nán矣yǐ哉zāi!”

1The Master said, 'When a number of people are together, for a whole day, without their conversation turning on righteousness, and when they are fond of carrying out the suggestions of a small shrewdness;-- theirs is indeed a hard case.'

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