The Keeper’s Fault: Confucius on the Inescapable Logic of Accountability

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Confucius argued: “If a tiger escapes its cage or jade is broken in its case, whose fault is it?”

If the tiger escapes its cage or the jade is broken in its case—whose fault is it?

虎兕出于柙，龟玉毁于椟中，是谁之过与？

Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 1

Author: Confucius

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