Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 2: 《為政》 Wei Zheng (Governance)

《為政》 Passage 2.13

子貢問君子。子曰:「先行其言,而後從之。」

Legge Translation (1861)

Zigong asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said: "He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."
子貢 君子

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