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  • Confucius Analects – Choosing Friends – 孔子论语 – 擇友

    Confucius Analects – Choosing Friends – 孔子论语 – 擇友

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    16.1 On friendships 孔子曰、益者三友、損者三友、友直、友諒、友多聞、益矣、友 便辟、友善柔、友便佞、損矣。 Confucius said, ‘There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation:– these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued:–…