Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“To have faults and not to reform them,—this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.”
- Date
- James Legge translation
- English wording
- James Legge — Translator · from Classical Chinese
Meaning of “To have faults and not to reform them,—this,…”
Making an error is less serious than refusing to correct it after the problem has become visible.
Where does it come from?
The Analects of Confucius, James Legge’s public-domain English translation; Book XV distinguishes ordinary faults from the refusal to reform them.
