Confucian Analects · Analects 9.26
1. The Master said, 'Dressed himself in a tattered robe quilted with hemp, yet standing by the side of men dressed in furs, and not ashamed;-- ah! it is Yu who is equal to this! 2. '"He dislikes none, he covets nothing;-- what can he do but what is good!"' 3. Tsze-lu kept continually repeating these words of the ode, when the Master said, 'Those things are by no means sufficient to constitute (perfect) excellence.'
Chinese · source text【廿六章】【一節】子曰、衣敝縕袍、與衣孤貉者立、而不恥者、其由也與。【二節】不忮不求、何用不臧。【三節】子路終身誦之、子曰、是道也、何足以臧。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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