The Superior Man’s Friendship: Meeting Through Culture, Growing in Virtue

Zengzi said: “The superior man meets friends through shared culture, and through friendship cultivates virtue.”

The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by friendship helps his virtue.

君子以文会友,以友辅仁。

Source: The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Chapter 24

Author: Zengzi

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