子游為武城宰。子曰:「女得人焉耳乎?」曰:「有澹臺滅明者,行不由徑。非公事,未嘗至於偃之室也。」
Tsze-yu being governor of Wu-ch'ang, the Master said to him, 'Have you got good men there?' He answered, 'There is Tan-t'ai Mieh-ming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and never comes to my office, excepting on public business.'