The Analects

My Strength Is Not Enough

The Disciples 7, Ran You

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A student stands in front of his teacher and says where he is. It is not that I take no delight in your Way, but my strength is not enough.

What came back was not comfort. A man whose strength is not enough gives out halfway down the road, and you are drawing a line before you get there.

Years later, speaking of the same student, the teacher tells the ones who remained that they may sound the drum and denounce him.

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