Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 4: 《里仁》 Li Ren (Brotherliness)

《里仁》 Passage 4.11

子曰:「君子懷德,小人懷土;君子懷刑,小人懷惠。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. The superior man thinks of the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favors which he may receive."
君子 小人

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