Book 1: 《學而》 Xue Er (Studying)
《學而》 Passage 1.15
子貢曰：「貧而無諂，富而無驕，何如？」子曰：「可也。未若貧而樂，富而好禮者也。」子貢曰：「《詩》云：『如切如磋，如琢如磨。』其斯之謂與？」子曰：「賜也，始可與言詩已矣！告諸往而知來者。」
Legge Translation (1861)
Zigong said: "What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the rich man who is not proud?"The Master replied: "They will do; but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety."
Zigong replied: "It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'As you cut and then file, as you carve and then polish.' — The meaning is the same, I apprehend, as that which you have just expressed."
The Master said: "With one like Ci, I can begin to talk about the odes. I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence."
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