The Master asked Kung-ming Chia about Kung-shu Wan, saying, "Is it true that your master speaks not, laughs not, and takes not?"Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
Kung-ming Chia replied, "This has arisen from the reporters going beyond the truth. My master speaks when it is the time to speak, and so men do not get tired of his speaking. He laughs when there is occasion to be joyful, and so men do not get tired of his laughing. He takes when it is consistent with righteousness to do so, and so men do not get tired of his taking."
The Master said, "So! But is it so with him?"
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
Friday, March 2, 2012
Chapter 14, Part 14 - Confucius
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