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Lun Yu Introduction Table of content – The Analects of Confucius

The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).

Lunyu XV. 12. (403)

The necessity of forethought and precaution.
The Master said, "If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."

Legge XV.11.

The Master said, 'He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand.'

Lau [15:12]

Le Maître dit : « Celui dont la prévoyance ne s'étend pas loin sera bientôt dans l'embarras. »

Couvreur XV.11.

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