“Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?”

— Confucius

The opening phrase of this chapter after which the chapter is named in Chinese.
Source: The Analects, Chapter IV

Original

里仁為美、擇不處仁、焉得知。

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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BC

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