Book 13, Passage 13.23

The Master said, 'The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable.'

子曰：“君子和而不同，小人同而不和。”

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1 sentences · 1 notes

子zǐ曰yuē：“君jūn子zǐ 和hé而ér不bù同tóng，小xiǎo人rén同tóng而ér不bù和hé。”

1The Master said, 'The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable.'

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.

和：和谐，协调。同：人云亦云，盲目附和。