Confucian Analects · Analects 6.13
The Master said, 'Mang Chih-fan does not boast of his merit. Being in the rear on an occasion of flight, when they were about to enter the gate, he whipped up his horse, saying, "It is not that I dare to be last. My horse would not advance."'
Chinese · source text【十三章】子曰、孟之反不伐、奔而殿、將入門、策其馬、曰、非敢後也、馬不進也。
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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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