The Discipline of Praise: Confucius on the Need for Verifiable Merit

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Confucius said: “If I praise someone, it is only after I have tested and verified their merit.”

If I do sometimes exceed in praise, there must be ground for it in my examination of the individual.

如有所誉者，其有所试矣。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 25

Author: Confucius

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