The gentleman does not promote a man because of his words, nor does he reject words because of the man.
Confucian philosopher
The gentleman does not promote a man because of his words, nor does he reject words because of the man.
Confucian philosopher
From his teachings on impartial judgment
approx. 300 BCE
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