To Correct Your Own Wrongs: Look Inward, Not Outward

By / / correct evil, Fan Chi, introspection, self-criticism, The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Yan Yuan XII Chapter 21
Confucius said: “Is it not the way to correct your own faults to assail your own wickedness and not that of others?”

To assail one’s own wickedness and not assail that of others – is not this the way to correct cherished evil?

攻其恶，无攻人之恶，非修慝与？

Source: The Analects, Yan Yuan XII, Chapter 21

Author: Confucius

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