
Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. When the accomplishments and solid qualities are equally blended, we then have the man of virtue.
质胜文则野,文胜质则史。文质彬彬,然后君子。
Source: The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Chapter 18
Author: Confucius




