Confucian Analects · Analects 5.3
Tsze-kung asked, 'What do you say of me, Ts'ze? The Master said, 'You are a utensil.' 'What utensil?' 'A gemmed sacrificial utensil.'
Chinese · source text【第三章】子貢問曰、賜也何如。子曰、女器也。曰、何器也。曰、瑚璉也。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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