Confucian Analects · Analects 7.34
The Master being very sick, Tsze-lu asked leave to pray for him. He said, 'May such a thing be done?' Tsze-lu replied, 'It may. In the Eulogies it is said, "Prayer has been made for thee to the spirits of the upper and lower worlds."' The Master said, 'My praying has been for a long time.'
Chinese · source text【卅四章】子疾病。子路請禱。子曰、有諸。子路對曰、有之、誄曰、禱爾於上下神祗 。子曰、丘之禱久矣。
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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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