君子不器 jūnzi bù qì
jūnzi bù qì
set phrase
a person of virtue is not a tool
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: meaning that a person of virtue has multiple strengths; idiom extracted from Book 2 為政 Wei Zheng of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (retranslated from Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, p. 14; Guoyu '君子不器'; Mathews 1931 '君子不器', p. 72)
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