The Unemployed Polymath: How Confucius Found Skill in Absence of Office

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Confucius said (via Lao): Having no official post, I thus acquired many arts.

The Master said, ‘Having no official employment, I acquired many arts.’

子云，‘吾不试，故艺’

Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 7

Author: Confucius (as recorded by Lao)

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