Book 16: 《季氏》 Ji Shi (The Ji Clan)
《季氏》 Passage 16.11
孔子曰：「見善如不及，見不善如探湯。吾見其人矣，吾聞其語矣。隱居以求其志，行義以達其道。吾聞其語矣，未見其人也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
Confucius said: "'Contemplating good, and pursuing it, as if they could not reach it; contemplating evil, and shrinking from it, as they would from thrusting the hand into boiling water;' — I have seen such men, as I have heard such words.'Living in retirement to study their aims, and practicing righteousness to carry out their principles;' — I have heard these words, but I have not seen such men."
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