The Analects论语

Book 15, Passage 15.37

The Master said, 'The superior man is correctly firm, and not firm merely.'

子曰:“君子贞而不谅。”
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子zǐ曰yuē:“君jūn子zǐ贞zhēn而ér不bù谅liàng。”

1The Master said, 'The superior man is correctly firm, and not firm merely.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

贞:正,指固守正道,这里指大信。谅:信,指不分是非而守信,这里指小信。

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