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The Master said, "He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he seek the appliances of ease;
子曰：“君子食無求飽，居無求安，
he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech; he frequents the company of men of principle that he may be rectified:
敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉。
such a person may be said indeed to love to learn."
可謂好學也已。”
Tsze-kung said, "What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the rich man who is not proud?"
子貢曰：“貧而無諂，富而無驕，何如？”
The Master replied, "They will do; but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety."
子曰：“可也。未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也。”
Tsze-kung replied, "It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'As you cut and then file, as you carve and then polish.'
子貢曰：“《詩》云：‘如切如磋，如琢如磨’，
The meaning is the same, as that which you have just expressed."
其斯之謂與？”
The Master said, "With one like Ts'ze, I can begin to talk about the odes. I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence."
子曰：“賜也，始可與言《詩》已矣，告諸往而知來者。”
The Master said, "I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men."
子曰：“不患人之不己知，患不知人也。”
