Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

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Suma Quin. Written sometime around c. 110 BC.

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Suma Qian. Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated by Burton Watson. Vol. 2, Columbia University Press, 1961, ch. 118.

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A quote by Sima Qian about openness to criticism: “Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt…”

A quote by Sima Qian about openness to criticism: “Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt…”

A quote by Sima Qian about openness to criticism: “Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt…”