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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克kè , 伐fá , 怨yuàn , 欲yù , 不bù 行xíng 焉yān , 可kě 以yǐ 为wéi 仁rén 矣yǐ 。 子zǐ 曰yuē , 可kě 以yǐ 为wéi 难nán 矣yǐ , 仁rén 则zé 吾wú 不bù 知zhī 也yě 。 1. "When the love of superiority, boasting, resentments, and covetousness are repressed, this may be deemed perfect virtue." 2. The Master said, "This may be regarded as the achievement of what is difficult. But I do not know that it is to be deemed perfect virtue."
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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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