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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 XIII. 23. (340)

The different manners of the superior and the mean man.
The Master said, "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable."

Legge XIII.23.

The Master said, 'The gentleman agrees with others without being an echo. The small man echoes without being in agreement.'

Lau [13:23]

Le Maître dit : « L'homme honorable cultive l'harmonie et non le conformisme. L'homme de peu cultive le conformisme et non l'harmonie. »

Couvreur XIII.23.

君子は人と和を保つが、妥協はしない。小人はこれとは逆で、人と妥協するが、本当の和を保つのではない。
Anon. – 2006/12/05
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