Book 11: 《先進》 Xian Jin (Former Eras)
《先進》 Passage 11.8
顏淵死，顏路請子之車以為之椁。子曰：「才不才，亦各言其子也。鯉也死，有棺而無椁。吾不徒行以為之椁。以吾從大夫之後，不可徒行也。」
Legge Translation (1861)
When Yan Yuan died, Yan Lu begged the carriage of the Master to sell and get an outer shell for his son's coffin.The Master said: "Every one calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents. There was Li; when he died, he had a coffin but no outer shell. I would not walk on foot to get a shell for him, because, having followed in the rear of the great officers, it was not proper that I should walk on foot."
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