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The Analects · Yong Ye

Yung Yey · 01

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子zǐ曰yuē,雍yōng也yě可kě使shǐ南nán面miàn。仲zhòng弓gōng问wèn子zǐ桑sāng伯bó子zǐ。子zǐ曰yuē,可kě也yě,简jiǎn。仲zhòng弓gōng曰yuē,居jū敬jìng而ér行xíng简jiǎn,以yǐ临lín其qí民mín,不bú亦yì可kě乎hū,居jū简jiǎn而ér行xíng简jiǎn,无wú乃nǎi大tài简jiǎn乎hū。子zǐ曰yuē,雍yōng之zhī言yán然rán。

1. The Master said, "There is Yung!—He might occupy the place of a prince." 2. Chung-kung asked about Tsze-sang Po-tsze. The Master said, "He may pass. He does not mind small matters." 3. Chung-kung said, "If a man cherish in himself a reverential feeling of the necessity of attention to business, though he may be easy in small matters in his government of the people, that may be allowed. But if he cherish in himself that easy feeling, and also carry it out in his practice, is not such an easy mode of procedure excessive?" 4. The Master said, "Yung's words are right."