The Conflict of Liking and Doing: Ran Qiu’s Plea of Insufficient Strength

Ran Qiu said to Confucius: It is not that I don't delight in your doctrines, but my strength is insufficient.

It is not that I do not delight in your doctrines, but my strength is insufficient.

非不说子之道,力不足也。

Source: The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Chapter 12

Author: Ran Qiu

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