The Path of the Gentleman: Reverent in Conduct, Respectful and Ritually Proper with Others

Zi Xia instructed: “The superior man is reverent in his conduct, and respectful and ritually proper with others.”

Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety.

君子敬而无失,与人恭而有礼。

Source: The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Chapter 5

Author: Zi Xia

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