The Well of Virtue: A Disciple’s Paradoxical Challenge to Benevolence

Zai Wo asked: Would a benevolent man jump into a well if told someone virtuous was inside?

A benevolent man, though it be told him, ‘There is a man in the well,’ will go in after him, I suppose.”

仁者,虽告之曰:“井有仁焉。”其从之也?

Source: The Analects, Yong Ye VI, Chapter 26

Author: Zai Wo

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