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“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it—this is knowledge.”

— Confucius, Analects, II.17 (trans. James Legge)

About Confucius

551 BC – 479 BC

Ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose teachings on ethics, family, and governance shaped East Asian thought for millennia. His Analects remain widely studied today.

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