Confucian Analects · Analects 10.11
1. When he was sending complimentary inquiries to any one in another State, he bowed twice as he escorted the messenger away. 2. Chi K'ang having sent him a present of physic, he bowed and received it, saying, 'I do not know it. I dare not taste it.'
Chinese · source text【十一章】【一節】問人於他邦、再拜而送之。【二節】康子饋藥、拜而受之、曰、丘未達、不敢嘗。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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