The Incompatibility of Paths: Confucius on Why True Partnership Requires Shared “Dao”

Confucius said: “Those who follow different paths cannot make plans together.”

Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

道不同,不相为谋。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 40

Author: Confucius

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