Chapter 12, Part 8 - Confucius

Chi Tsze-ch'ang said, "In a superior man it is only the substantial qualities which are wanted; why should we seek for ornamental accomplishments?"

Tsze-kung said, "Alas! Your words, sir, show you to be a superior man, but four horses cannot overtake the tongue.

"Ornament is as substance; substance is as ornament. The hide of a tiger or a leopard stripped of its hair, is like the hide of a dog or a goat stripped of its hair."
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~

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