Confucian Analects · Analects 5.1
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.
Chinese · source text【第一章】【一節】子謂公冶長、可妻也、雖在縲絏之中、非其罪也。以其子妻之。【二節】子謂南容、邦有道不廢、邦無道免於刑戮。以其兄之子妻之。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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