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The Master said, "He who does not anticipate attempts to deceive him, nor think beforehand of his not being believed, and yet apprehends these things readily when they occur;
子曰：“不逆詐，不億不信，抑亦先覺者；
is he not a man of superior worth?"
是賢乎？”
Wei-shang Mau said to Confucius, "Ch'iu, how is it that you keep roosting about? Is it not that you are an insinuating talker?"
微生畝謂孔子曰：“丘何為是棲棲者與？無乃為佞乎？”
Confucius said, "I do not dare to play the part of such a talker, but I hate obstinacy."
孔子曰：“非敢為佞也，疾固也。”
The Master said, "A horse is called a ch'i, not because of its strength, but because of its other good qualities."
曰：“驥不稱其力，稱其德也。”
Someone said, "What do you say concerning the principle that injury should be recompensed with kindness?"
或曰：“以德報怨，何如？”
The Master said, "With what then will you recompense kindness?" "Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."
子曰：“何以報德？以直報怨，以德報德。”
The Master said, "Alas! there is no one that knows me." Tsze-kung said, "What do you mean by thus saying-that no one knows you?"
子曰：“莫我知也夫！”子貢曰：“何為其莫知子也？”
The Master replied, "I do not murmur against Heaven. I do not grumble against men. My studies lie low, and my penetration rises high. But there is Heaven; that knows me!"
子曰：“不怨天，不尤人，下學而上達。知我者其天乎！”
