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2.24 Confucius said, “Just as to sacrifice to ancestors other than one’s own is presumption, so to see what is right and not do it is cowardice.”
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2.23 Zizhang asked whether the state of things ten generations hence could be foretold.
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Duke Ai asked, “What can I do in order to get the support of the common people?”
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Zizhang was learning with a view to official emolument. The Master said, “Hear much, but maintain silence as regards doubtful points and be cautious in speaking of the rest; then you will seldom get into trouble. See much, but ignore what it is dangerous to have seen, and be cautious in acting upon the…
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The Master said, “You, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to recognize that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to recognize that you do not know it. That is knowledge.”
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The Master said, “To devote oneself to heterodox doctrines brings harm indeed.”