The Master’s Reserved Topics: On Profit, Destiny, and Perfect Virtue

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The Compilers noted that Confucius seldom spoke on the topics of profit, the appointments of Heaven, and perfect virtue.

The subjects of which the Master seldom spoke were: profitableness, and also the appointments of Heaven, and perfect virtue.

子罕言利，与命，与仁。

Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 1

Author: The Compilers

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