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第六章
1. 太宰問於子貢曰：「夫子聖者與？何其多能也？」
2. 子貢曰：「固天縱之將聖，又多能也。」
3. 子聞之，曰：「太宰知我乎！吾少也賤，故多能鄙事。君子多乎哉？不多也。」
4. 牢曰：「子云：『吾不試，故藝』。」
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CHAPTER VI.
1. A high officer asked Tsze-kung, saying,
'May we not say that your Master is a sage? How various is his ability!'
2. Tsze-kung said, 'Certainly Heaven has
endowed him unlimitedly. He is about a sage. And, moreover, his ability is
various.'
3. The Master heard of the conversation and
said, 'Does the high officer know me? When I was young, my condition was low,
and therefore I acquired my ability in many things, but they were mean matters.
Must the superior man have such variety of ability? He does not need variety of
ability. '
4. Lao said, 'The Master said, "Having no
official employment, I acquired many arts."'
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by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia