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The Master was put in fear in K'wang. He said, "After the death of King Wan, was not the cause of truth lodged here in me?
子畏于匡，曰：“文王既沒，文不在茲乎？
"If Heaven had wished to let this cause of truth perish, then I, a future mortal! should not have got such a relation to that cause.
天之將喪斯文也，后死者不得與于斯文也；
While Heaven does not let the cause of truth perish, what can the people of K'wang do to me?"
天之未喪斯文也，匡人其如予何？”
A high officer asked Tsze-kung, saying, "May we not say that your Master is a sage? How various is his ability!"
太宰問于子貢曰：“夫子圣者與，何其多能也？”
Tsze-kung said, "Certainly Heaven has endowed him unlimitedly. He is about a sage. And, moreover, his ability is various."
子貢曰：“固天縱之將圣，又多能也。”
The Master heard of the conversation and said, "Does the high officer know me?
子聞之，曰：“太宰知我乎？
When I was young, my condition was low, and I acquired my ability in many things, but they were mean matters.
吾少也賤，故多能鄙事。
Must the superior man have such variety of ability? He does not need variety of ability.
君子多乎哉？不多也。”
Lao said, "The Master said, 'Having no official employment, I acquired many arts.'"
牢曰：“子云：‘吾不試，故藝。’”
