Confucian Analects · Analects 6.24
Tsai Wo asked, saying, 'A benevolent man, though it be told him,-- 'There is a man in the well' will go in after him, I suppose.' Confucius said, 'Why should he do so?' A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.'
Chinese · source text【廿四章】宰我問曰、仁者雖告之曰、井有仁焉、其從之也。子曰、何為其然也、君子可逝也、不可陷也、可欺也、不可罔也。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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