Original Text:
子曰道听而涂说德之弃也
Translation:
Other Translations:
The Master said, “To hear something on the road, and then repeat it everywhere you go, is to throw Virtue away.”
Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.
The Master said, Hear it along the road and expound it in the byways—this is to throw virtue away.
Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.