The Unending Task: “My Master Wishes to Reduce His Faults, But Has Not Yet Succeeded”

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The messenger said: “My master is constantly striving to have fewer faults, and has not yet succeeded.”

My master is anxious to make his faults few, but he has not yet succeeded.

夫子欲寡其过而未能也。

Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 25

Author: Messenger of Qu Boyu

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