Hsien asked what was shameful. The Master said, "When good government prevails in a state, to be thinking only of salary; and, when bad government prevails, to be thinking, in the same way, only of salary; this is shameful."Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
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