Confucian Analects · Analects 7.9
1. When the Master was eating by the side of a mourner, he never ate to the full. 2. He did not sing on the same day in which he had been weeping.
Chinese · source text【第九章】【一節】子食於有喪者之側、未嘗飽也。【二節】子於是日哭、則不歌。
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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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