《衛靈公》 Passage 15.6

Legge Translation (1861)

Zizhang asked how a man should conduct himself, so as to be everywhere appreciated.

The Master said: "Let his words be sincere and truthful, and his actions honorable and careful; — such conduct may be practiced among the rude tribes of the South or the North. If his words be not sincere and truthful and his actions not honorable and careful, will he, with such conduct, be appreciated, even in his neighborhood?

When he is standing, let him see those two things, as it were, fronting him. When he is in a carriage, let him see them attached to the yoke. Then may he subsequently carry them into practice."

Zizhang wrote these counsels on the end of his sash.