Chapter 10, Part 15 - Confucius

When any of his friends died, if he had no relations offices, he would say, "I will bury him."

When a friend sent him a present, though it might be a carriage and horses, he did not bow.

The only present for which he bowed was that of the flesh of sacrifice.
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~

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