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The paradigmatic Chinese sage expounds on leading an ethical and fulfilled life.

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The Master said, “He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he seek the appliances of ease; he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech; he frequents the company of men of principle that he may be rectified:⁠—such a person may be said indeed to love to learn.”

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