Book 2, Passage 2.13

Tsze-kung asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, 'He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.'

子贡问君子，子曰：“先行其言而后从之。”

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子zǐ贡gòng问wèn君jūn子zǐ，子zǐ曰yuē：“先xiān行xíng其qí言yán而ér后hòu从cóng之zhī。”

1Tsze-kung asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, 'He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.'