Bo Yi and Shu Qi

子曰，伯夷叔齐，不念旧恶，怨是用希。

The Master said, "Po-i and Shu-ch'i did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."

冉有曰，夫子为衞君乎。子贡曰，诺，吾将问之。入曰，伯夷叔齐，何人也。曰，古之贤人也。曰，怨乎。曰，求仁而得仁，又何怨。出曰，夫子不为也。

1. Yen Yu said, "Is our Master for the ruler of Wei?" Tsze-kung said, "Oh! I will ask him." 2. He went in accordingly, and said, "What sort of men were Po-i and Shu-ch'i?" "They were ancient worthies," said the Master. "Did they have any repinings because of their course?" The Master again replied, "They sought to act virtuously, and they did so; what was there for them to repine about?" On this, Tsze-kung went out and said, "Our Master is not for him."

齐景公有马千驷，死之日，民无德而称焉，伯夷叔齐，饿于首阳之下，民到于今称之。其斯之谓与。

1. The duke Ching of Ch'i had a thousand teams, each of four horses, but on the day of his death, the people did not praise him for a single virtue. Po-i and Shu-ch'i died of hunger at the foot of the Shau-yang mountain, and the people, down to the present time, praise them. 2. "Is not that saying illustrated by this?"

逸民，伯夷，叔齐，虞仲，夷逸，朱张，柳下惠，少连。子曰，不降其志，不辱其身，伯夷叔齐与。谓柳下惠，少连，降志辱身矣。言中伦，行中虑，其斯而已矣。谓虞仲，夷逸，隐居放言，身中清，废中权。我则异于是，无可无不可。

1. The men who have retired to privacy from the world have been Po-i, Shu-ch'i, Yu-chung, I-yi, Chu-chang, Hui of Liu-hsia, and Shao-lien. 2. The Master said, "Refusing to surrender their wills, or to submit to any taint in their persons;—such, I think, were Po-i and Shu-ch'i. 3. "It may be said of Hui of Liu-hsia, and of Shao-lien, that they surrendered their wills, and submitted to taint in their persons,