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Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung saying, "When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government.
子禽問于子貢曰：“夫子至于是邦也，必聞其政，
Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?"
求之與，抑與之與？”
Tsze-kung said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information.
子貢曰：“夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。
The master's mode of asking information, is it not different from that of other men?"
夫子之求之也，其諸異乎人之求之與？”
The Master said, "While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct.
子曰：“父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行；
If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial."
三年無改于父之道，可謂孝矣。”
The philosopher Yu said, "In practicing the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized.
有子曰：“禮之用，和為貴。
In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the excellent quality, and in things small and great we follow them."
先王之道，斯為美，小大由之。
"Yet it is not to be observed in all cases.
有所不行，
If one, knowing how such ease should be prized, manifests it, without regulating it by the rules of propriety, this likewise is not to be done."
知和而和，不以禮節之，亦不可行也。”
The philosopher Yu said, "When agreements are made according to what is right, what is spoken can be made good.
有子曰：“信近于義，言可復也。
When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace.
恭近于禮，遠恥辱也。
When the parties upon whom a man leans are proper persons to be intimate with, he can make them his guides and masters."
因不失其親，亦可宗也?！?/p>
