Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 2: 《為政》 Wei Zheng (Governance)

《為政》 Passage 2.24

子曰:「非其鬼而祭之,諂也。見義不為,無勇也。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "For a man to sacrifice to a spirit which does not belong to him is flattery. To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."

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