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The Master said, "T'ai-po may be said to have reached the highest point of virtuous action.
子曰：“泰伯，其可謂至德也已矣。
Thrice he declined the kingdom, and the people in ignorance of his motives could not express their approbation of his conduct."
三以天下讓，民無得而稱焉。”
The Master said, "Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle;
子曰：“恭而無禮則勞；
carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity;
慎而無禮則葸；
boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination;
勇而無禮則亂；
straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
直而無禮則絞。
"When those who are in high stations perform well all their duties to their relations, the people are aroused to virtue.
君子篤于親，則民興于仁；
When old friends are not neglected by them, the people are preserved from meanness."
故舊不遺，則民不偷。”
The philosopher Tsang being ill, he cared to him the disciples of his school, and said, "Uncover my feet, uncover my hands.
曾子有疾，召門弟子曰：“啟予足，啟予手。
It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'We should be apprehensive and cautious, as if on the brink of a deep gulf,
《詩》云：‘戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，
as if treading on thin ice, I and so have I been.
如履薄冰。’
Now and hereafter, I know my escape from all injury to my person. O ye, my little children."
而今而后，吾知免夫，小子！”
