Confucius Quote on Self-Cultivation: The Priority of Virtue over Learning

Confucius Quote: When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

(This is the third of Confucius’s teachings on a youth’s duties, highlighting the proper sequence of cultivating virtue before engaging in studies.)

When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

行有馀力,则以学文

Source: The Analects, Xue Er I, Chapter 6

Author: Confucius / 孔子

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