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Doctrine of the Mean 21 – Legge & Chinese · Verses Across

Confucianism · The Four Books

Doctrine of the Mean 21

第二十一章 · Sincerity and Intelligence

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自誠明，謂之性；自明誠，謂之教。誠則明矣，明則誠矣。

When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.

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Chinese — 中庸 (Classical Chinese) (Warring States / early Han; arranged by Zhu Xi (12th century)). Public Domain. Chinese text from Wikisource, 中庸章句, public domain; Zhu Xi's notes left out. Source

Legge — The Doctrine of the Mean (James Legge, 1893) (1893). Public Domain. James Legge, The Chinese Classics vol. 1 (2nd ed., 1893), public domain; transcription from Wikisource (names largely in pinyin there). Source