The Error of Rashness: Confucius on Speaking Out of Turn

Confucius said: “To speak when it is not your turn is called rashness.”

They may speak when it does not come to them to speak – this is called rashness.

言未及之而言谓之躁。

Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 6

Author: Confucius

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