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PITHY QUOTE FROM Chinese Philosophy

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夫佳兵者,不祥之器,物或惡之,故有道者不處
Now arms, however beautiful, are instruments of evil omen, hateful, it may be said, to all creatures. Therefore they who have the Dao do not like to employ them.


Chinese Philosophy: Dao de Ching, section 31

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Chinese Classics I: Philosophy

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ISBN: 978-1-57085-267-1

Language: Chinese, English Translation

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Mencius: Half Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old - Meng Ke (孟軻)

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Notes

This Past Masters edition does not includes James Legge's notes and scholarly apparatus. We plan to add this apparatus at a later date.