The Absolute Priority of Ren: Confucius on Not Yielding Even to Your Teacher

By / / action, duty, ren, righteousness, teacher, The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, 当仁不让
Confucius said: “Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.”

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

当仁不让于师。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 36

Author: Confucius

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