Chapter 11, Part 9 - Confucius

When Yen Yuan died, the Master bewailed him exceedingly, and the disciples who were with him said, "Master, your grief is excessive!"

"Is it excessive?" said he. "If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom should I mourn?"
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~

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