What is the original Chinese?

三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

匹夫不可奪志也

You can seize an army's general. You can't seize one person's will.

Confucius, Analects 9.25

What it means

Armies can be captured and leaders taken, but the will of a single ordinary person belongs only to them. No one can take your resolve unless you hand it over. Guard it like the one thing truly yours.

The source

"You can seize an army's general. You can't seize one person's will." Confucius said it in Analects 9.25. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。"

Original Chinese, Analects 9.25. Text read at zh.wikisource.org.

Who said it

Confucius (551-479 BC). Teacher from the state of Lu whose conversations, collected by his students as the Analects, shaped two thousand years of Chinese ethics. He taught that character is built through learning, ritual and honest self-examination.

Questions

What does "You can seize an army's general. You can't seize one person's will." mean?: Armies can be captured and leaders taken, but the will of a single ordinary person belongs only to them. No one can take your resolve unless you hand it over. Guard it like the one thing truly yours.
Who said "You can seize an army's general. You can't seize one person's will."?: Confucius (551-479 BC). Source: Analects 9.25.
What is the original Chinese?: 三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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Cite this line

"You can seize an army's general. You can't seize one person's will." (Confucius, Analects 9.25, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/you-can-seize-an-armys-general-you-cant