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01 Xue Er02 Wei Zheng03 Ba Yi04 Li Ren05 Gong Ye Chang06 Yong Ye07 Shu Er08 Tai Bo09 Zi Han10 Xiang Dang11 Xian Jin12 Yan Yuan13 Zi Lu14 Xian Wen15 Wei Ling Gong16 Ji Shi17 Yang Huo18 Wei Zi19 Zi Zhang20 Yao Yue有yǒu 子zǐ 曰yuē , 其qí 为wéi 人rén 也yě 孝xiào 弟tì , 而ér 好hào 犯fàn 上shàng 者zhě 鲜xiǎn 矣yǐ , 不bú 好hào 犯fàn 上shàng , 而ér 好hào 作zuò 乱luàn 者zhě , 未wèi 之zhī 有yǒu 也yě 。 君jūn 子zǐ 务wù 本běn , 本běn 立lì , 而ér 道dào 生shēng , 孝xiào 弟tì 也yě 者zhě , 其qí 为wéi 仁rén 之zhī 本běn 与yú 。 1. The philosopher Yu said, "They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors. There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion. 2. "The superior man bends his attention to what is radical.That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up. Filial piety and fraternal submission!—are they not the root of all benevolent actions?"
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Reviewed modern Chinese guide: 499/499 English translation: 499/499 Audio: 20/20 books include recordings, with 318/499 playable chapters Passage pinyin: 499/499 rendered Sources and license: Simplified Chinese source text is organized from public-domain Wikisource text; English uses James Legge's 1893-1895 public-domain translation; the modern Chinese guide follows the 1948 Guangyi Shuju Baihua Lunyu Duben tradition.
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