‘Have I Kept Anything Back?’ The Master’s Reassurance to His Disciples

By Zheng / February 3, 2026 / integrity, Shu Er VII, Shu Er VII Chapter 24, sincerity, teaching, The Analects, transparency

Confucius said to his disciples: Do you think I hide anything? I conceal nothing. All I do is open to you. That is my way.

Do you think, my disciples, that I have any concealments? I conceal nothing from you. There is nothing which I do that is not shown to you, my disciples; that is my way.

二三子以我为隐乎？吾无隐乎尔。吾无行而不与二三子者，是丘也。

Source: The Analects, Shu Er VII, Chapter 24

Author: Confucius

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