Book 11: 《先進》 Xian Jin (Former Eras)
《先進》 Passage 11.10
顏淵死,子哭之慟。從者曰:「子慟矣。」曰:「有慟乎?非夫人之為慟而誰為!」
Legge Translation (1861)
When Yan Yuan died, the Master bewailed him exceedingly, and the disciples who were with him said: "Master, your grief is excessive!""Is it excessive?" said he.
"If I am not to mourn bitterly for this man, for whom should I mourn?"
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