君子喻於義，小人喻於利

Chinese

	junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person	allegory	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	justice; righteousness; meaning		scoundrel or villain; person of low position	allegory	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (君子喻於義，小人喻於利)	君子	喻	於	義	，	小人	喻	於	利
simp. (君子喻于义，小人喻于利)	君子	喻	于	义	，	小人	喻	于	利
Literally: “A high-minded person knows with regard to righteousness, a small-minded person knows with regard to profit”.

From the Analects, Book 4 (《論語·里仁》):

子曰、君子喻於義、小人喻於利。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

子曰、君子喻于义、小人喻于利。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐ yuē, jūnzǐ yù yú yì, xiǎorén yù yú lì. [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain."

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jūnzǐ yù yú yì, xiǎorén yù yú lì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ ㄩˋ ㄩˊ ㄧˋ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˋ ㄩˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ zi² jyu⁶ jyu¹ ji⁶, siu² jan⁴ jyu⁶ jyu¹ lei⁶

君子喻於義，小人喻於利

High-minded people value doing the right thing, but low-minded people value doing the profitable thing