The Unadorned Truth: Confucius on Why the Best Language is Transparent to Thought

By / / clarity, communication, language, simplicity, speech, The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, writing, 辞达而已矣
Confucius said: “In language, all that is required is that it conveys the meaning clearly.”

In language it is simply required that it convey the meaning.

辞达而已矣。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 41

Author: Confucius

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