Book 17: 《陽貨》 Yang Huo
《陽貨》 Passage 17.5
公山弗擾以費畔,召,子欲往。子路不說,曰:「末之也已,何必公山氏之之也。」子曰:「夫召我者而豈徒哉?如有用我者,吾其為東周乎?」
Legge Translation (1861)
Gongshan Furao, when he was holding Bi, and was in rebellion, sent for the Master, who was inclined to go.Zilu was displeased, and said: "Indeed you cannot go! Why must you think of going to see Gongshan?"
The Master said: "Can it be without some reason that he has invited ME? If any one, once more, were to employ me, might I not make an eastern Zhou?"