The Preferable End: A Teacher’s True Bonds Over a Lord’s Empty Form

By / / affection, disciples, human bonds, life and death, relationship, sentiment, sincerity, The Analects, Zi Han IX, Zi Han IX Chapter 12
Confucius said: Rather than die in the hands of ministers, would it not be better to die in the hands of you, my disciples?

Moreover, than that I should die in the hands of ministers, is it not better that I should die in the hands of you, my disciples?

且予与其死于臣之手也，无宁死于二三子之手乎？

Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 12

Author: Confucius

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