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Arrogant self-sufficiency is not included in Confucius' true gentlemanliness.

It is not title, rank, wealth, or other outer flummery which makes the real gentleman. And yet all can contribute towards it by their accompanying obligations.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 4 : China, Japan, Tibet > # 103