Book 1: 《學而》 Xue Er (Studying)
《學而》 Passage 1.10
子禽問於子貢曰：「夫子至於是邦也，必聞其政，求之與？抑與之與？」子貢曰：「夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。夫子之求之也，其諸異乎人之求之與？」
Legge Translation (1861)
Ziqin asked Zigong, saying: "When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?"Zigong said: "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant, and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking information! — is it not different from that of other men?"