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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Excerpt from The Achivements of the Sage (儒效) in the Xún​zǐ (荀子)

「不闻不若闻之,闻之不若见之,见之不若知之,知之不若行之;学至于行之而止矣。」

孔子
"Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as knowing, knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues until it is put into action."

Unless noted otherwise, all quotations of classical texts come from the Chinese Text Project. This translation was found in this blog.