Analects 15.38
The Analects (論語), BOOK XV. WEI LING KUNG 衞靈公第十五
子曰、有教、無類。
The Master said, "In teaching there should be no distinction of classes."
James Legge (1861), Confucian Analects, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (1861; 2nd ed. 1893) — public domain.
Character glossary
- 子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thin
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 教jiàoschool, education
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 類lèicategory, class, group, kind; similar to
Passages with shared wording
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