Nan Gong Kuo

子谓公冶长，可妻也，虽在缧绁之中，非其罪也。以其子妻之。子谓南容，邦有道，不废，邦无道，免于刑戮。以其兄之子妻之。

1. The Master said of Kung-ye Ch'ang that he might be wived; although he was put in bonds, he had not been guilty of any crime. Accordingly, he gave him his own daughter to wife. 2. Of Nan Yung he said that if the country were well governed he would not be out of office, and if it were ill-governed, he would escape punishment and disgrace. He gave him the daughter of his own elder brother to wife.

南容三复白圭，孔子以其兄之子妻之。

Nan Yung was frequently repeating the lines about a white scepter stone. Confucius gave him the daughter of his elder brother to wife.

南宫适问于孔子曰，羿善射，奡荡舟，俱不得其死然，禹稷躬稼，而有天下。夫子不答。南宫适出。子曰，君子哉若人，尙德哉若人。

Nan-kung Kwo, submitting an inquiry to Confucius, said, "I was skillful at archery, and Ao could move a boat along upon the land, but neither of them died a natural death. Yu and Chi personally wrought at the toils of husbandry, and they became possessors of the kingdom." The Master made no reply; but when Nan-kung Kwo went out, he said, "A superior man indeed is this! An esteemer of virtue indeed is this!"