“Jūnzǐ yǐ duō shì qiányán wǎng xíng, yǐ chù qí dé.”
“The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.”
-Fuxi
Quote Number: 463
Source: Fuxi, I Ching. In “The Yî King.” Sacred Books of the East, Vol XVI. 2nd ed. James Legge, Translator. Clarendon Press: Oxford. 1899. From Chinese Text Project/中國哲學書電子化計劃. Dr Donald Sturgeon, editor. Online Here.
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