Confucian Analects · Analects 13.9
1. When the Master went to Wei, Zan Yu acted as driver of his carriage. 2. The Master observed, 'How numerous are the people!' 3. Yu said, 'Since they are thus numerous, what more shall be done for them?' 'Enrich them,' was the reply. 4. 'And when they have been enriched, what more shall be done?' The Master said, 'Teach them.'
Chinese · source text【第九章】【一節】子適衛、冉有僕。【二節】子曰、庶矣哉。【三節】冉有曰、既庶矣、又何加焉。曰、富之。【四節】曰、既富矣、又何加焉。曰、教之。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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