The Three Life-Long Guards: Confucius’s Premise for the Gentleman’s Vigilance

Confucius began: “There are three things against which the gentleman is on guard.”

There are three things which the superior man guards against:

君子有三戒。

Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 7

Author: Confucius

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