Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 14: 《憲問》 Xian Wen (Xian Asked)

《憲問》 Passage 14.33

子曰:「驥不稱其力,稱其德也。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things, when they occur; — is he not a man of superior worth?"
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