Confucian Analects · Analects 17.5
Kung-shan Fu-zao, when he was holding Pi, and in an attitude of rebellion, invited the Master to visit him, who was rather inclined to go. 2. Tsze-lu was displeased, and said, 'Indeed, you cannot go! Why must you think of going to see Kung-shan?' 3. The Master said, 'Can it be without some reason that he has invited ME? If any one employ me, may I not make an eastern Chau?'
Chinese · source text【第五章】【一節】公山弗擾以費畔、召、子欲往。【二節】子路不說、曰、末之也已、何必公山氏之之也。【三節】子曰、未召我者、而豈徒哉、如有用我者、吾其為東周乎。
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James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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