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Kotomora

君くん子しは周しゅうして比ひせず小しょう人じんは比ひして周しゅうせず

Meanings

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expression

A wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique.

A Confucian proverb contrasting the virtuous person's broad, impartial associations with the petty person's narrow, self-serving cliques. Used in formal or literary contexts to comment on character and social behavior.