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第十章

1. 子禽問於子貢曰:「夫子至於是邦也,必聞其政。求之與?抑與之與?」

2. 子貢曰:「夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。夫子之求之也,其諸異乎人之求之與!」

CHAPTER X.

1. Tsze-ch'in asked Tsze-kung, saying, 'When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?'

2. Tsze-kung said, 'Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking information,--is it not different from that of other men?'

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