The Analects/Book 14/14.6

Book 14, Passage 14.6

The Master said, 'Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous.'

子曰：“君子而不仁者有矣夫，未有小人而仁者也。”

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子zǐ曰yuē：“君jūn子zǐ而ér不bù仁rén者zhě有yǒu矣yǐ夫fú，未wèi有yǒu小xiǎo人rén而ér仁rén者zhě也yě。”

1The Master said, 'Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous.'

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