Confucian Analects · Analects 6.7
The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze-ch'ien to be governor of Pi. Min Tsze-ch'ien said, 'Decline the offer for me politely. If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wan.'
Chinese · source text【第七章】季氏使閔子騫為費宰、閔子騫曰、善為我辭焉、如有復我者、則吾必在汶上矣。
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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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