Beyond Vocabulary: The Unnameable Vastness of a True Leader’s Virtue

Confucius said of Yao: His virtue was so vast that the people could find no name for it.

How vast was his virtue! The people could find no name for it.

荡荡乎!民无能名焉。

Source: The Analects, Tai Bo VIII, Chapter 19

Author: Confucius

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