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Analects (Legge) · Book XI

Analects (Legge) · Book XI

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1 Tsze-lu got Tsze-kao appointed governor of Pi.

2 The Master said, ‘You are injuring a man’s son.’

3 Tsze-lu said, ‘There are (there) common people and officers; there are the altars of the spirits of the land and grain. Why must one read books before he can be considered to have learned?’

4 The Master said, ‘It is on this account that I hate your glib-tongued people.’