Confucian Analects · Analects 14.46
Yuan Zang was squatting on his heels, and so waited the approach of the Master, who said to him, 'In youth not humble as befits a junior; in manhood, doing nothing worthy of being handed down; and living on to old age:-- this is to be a pest.' With this he hit him on the shank with his staff.
Chinese · source text【四六章】原壤夷俟、子曰、幼而不孫弟、長而無述焉、老而不死、是為賊。以杖叩其脛。
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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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