Confucius on the Ideal of “Perfect Beauty and Perfect Goodness”​

Confucius Quote: The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.

The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.

子谓韶,“尽美矣,又尽善也。”谓武,“尽美矣,未尽善也”。

Source: The Analects, Ba Yi III, Chapter 25

Author: Confucius / 孔子

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