Morals

Original Text:

曾子曰慎终追远民德归厚矣

Translation:

Other Translations:

Master Zeng said, “Take great care in seeing off the deceased and sedulously maintain the sacrifices to your distant ancestors, and the common people will sincerely return to Virtue.”

Confucius, & Slingerland, E. (2003). Analects: With selections from traditional commentaries. Hackett Publishing.

Master Zeng said, Tend carefully to death rites, and pay reverence to those long departed, and the people will in the end be rich in virtue.

Confucius, & Watson, B. (2007). The Analects of Confucius. Columbia University Press.